Julien Alfred will face tough opposition as she lines up for her first 100m of the season at the Diamond League Meeting in Oslo.
Julien Alfred will be lining up for the women’s 100m at the Diamond League Meeting in Oslo on Thursday, June 12.
The reigning Olympic 100m champion has just celebrated her birthday, and she will be looking to gift herself with a win, but a strong charge will be looking to stop her efforts.
The Saint Lucien sprinter started her season with the 300m at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, where she won the race before heading to the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational, where she won the 400m.
Julien Alfred then anchored the 4x400m relay team to top honours at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays presented by Truist.
Julien Alfred kickstarted her outdoor season with a win in the 300m at the Miramar Invitational before claiming another win in the women’s 200m at the 75. Boris Hanžeković Memorial. She will compete in her first 100m in Oslo.
1) Dina Asher-Smith
Dina Asher-Smith, Julien Alfred’s training mate, will be competing in her second 100m of the season, hoping to claim the win at the Diamond League Meeting in Oslo.
The Briton, just like Julien Alfred, started her season at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix before making her outdoor debut at the Grand Slam Track Kingston, competing in the 200m and 400m.
2) Maia McCoy
Maia McCoy will also be one to watch heading into the Diamond League Meeting in Oslo, owing to her impressive show so far this season.
She started her season indoors, competing at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational then kickstarted her outdoor campaign at the Yellow Jacket Invitational, competing in the 100m and 200m.
McCoy then turned up for a series of outdoor competitions before making her Diamond League debut in Doha, finishing sixth in the women’s 100m.
She then finished second at the Diamond League Meeting in Rabat before claiming top honours at the Kip Keino Classic.
She maintained her winning streak to the 61° Palio Città della Quercia and then finished fifth in the women’s race at the Diamond League Meeting in Rome. She will be out to improve on her performance in Oslo, firing a warning to Julien Alfred.
3) Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith
Africa’s fastest woman has competed sparingly since the start of the season, finishing second in the women’s 100m at the PURE Athletics Global Invitational before winning the 200m.
She then also competed in the women’s 200m at the Diamond League Meeting in Rome, rounding up the podium.
She will be competing in her second 100m of the season, and from her interview after the Rome showpiece, Ta Lou-Smith wants to make a point and bounce back to winning ways.
