{"id":15051,"date":"2025-06-24T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/?p=15051"},"modified":"2025-06-24T17:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:00:32","slug":"alfred-completes-olympic-podium-rematch-in-eugene-100m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/alfred-completes-olympic-podium-rematch-in-eugene-100m\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfred completes Olympic podium rematch in Eugene 100m"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Julien Alfred will continue her Wanda Diamond League title defence in the women&#8217;s 100m in Eugene next month in an Olympic podium rematch against fellow medallists Sha&#8217;Carri Richardson and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred won Olympic gold and the Diamond Trophy in 2024, becoming St. Lucia&#8217;s first Olympic medallist and its first Diamond League champion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has started her title defence in style with back-to-back victories, clocking 10.89 in Oslo before setting a new meeting record of 10.75 in Stockholm earlier this month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 24-year-old faces a tough field in Eugene as she meets Paris 2024 silver and bronze medallists Richardson and Jefferson-Wooden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richardson in particular knows what it takes to win at Hayward Field, having become US champion thee in 2023 before claiming victory in 10.83 at last year&#8217;s Prefontaine Classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Wanda Diamond League<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wanda Diamond League is the elite one-day meeting series in global athletics. 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