It was billed as the comeback story, a sprint queen in-waiting to be crowned after missing out on first crack at coronation - perhaps even harshly - in Tokyo three years ago. Bits of the script were on the money, but the main character cast wrong.
With a blistering run, Julien Alfred blew the women’s 100m field apart to wreck Sha’Carri Richardson’s hopes of gold and make history as the first St. Lucian ever to win an Olympic medal, of any colour, in any sport.
