Bonus: Sportsworld: Julien Alfred - The Race of My Life

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

A bonus episode from the Sportsworld podcast.

Julien Alfred made history in 2024 when she won the women’s 100 metres gold medal in Paris becoming Saint Lucia’s first ever Olympic medallist. The sprinter sits down with Sportsworld’s Lee James to look back on her historic year, as we find out what it took to become an Olympic champion and the strategy she used to win the race.

We also discover the impact of her victory on the Caribbean island and the hero's welcome she received when she returned home with the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports in Saint Lucia, Dr. Uralise Delaire and find out how Alfred’s athletics career started with her first coach Cuthbert Modeste.

Sportsworld brings you the latest live action and big name interviews from the world of sport every Saturday and Sunday and for more go to bbcworldservice.com/sportsworld or just search sportsworld wherever you got this podcast.

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0:00.0	The official time you need to let us know.
0:06.4	You need to let us know when we are five minutes away so we can bring everybody out.
0:11.3	From the BBC World Service, this is the documentary, the home of original storytelling.
0:16.7	I'm Lee James, and this is Julian Alfred, the race of my life.
0:21.1	Our winning Olympic gold changed the life of a sprinter in her Caribbean island of St. Lucia.
0:27.8	When she got to her starting blocks in the pouring rain on the purple track at the Stad de France,
0:33.1	no one from her country St. Lucia had ever won an Olympic medal of any color.
0:37.4	Say, I'm my proud Lucian. No one from her country St. Lucia had ever won an Olympic medal of any colour.
0:50.7	Just 10.72 seconds later, the Caribbean Island had a new hero, and Alfred's life changed completely. Off they got!
0:52.8	Take me off their car. completely. The President Court of St.
0:55.0	Lerner
0:56.0	we just we just witnessed Julian Alfred, we need a gold medal
1:16.0	forcing the show. Just tell me what does this mean.
1:18.6	I'm too proud. You can't express, don't know what I have to say. All I can say is I am so happy.
1:26.6	I'm so happy for our country. I'm so happy for Julian Alfred.
1:31.9	In fact, we should call today to June Alfred Day. If today, it was not Saturday, who knows? I may have to get a holiday.
1:40.9	Julian Alfred won the women's Olympic 100 metres gold medal.
1:44.8	She ran her fastest ever time that night in Paris
1:47.4	to upset the world order of women's sprinting.
1:50.8	This is the story of how it happened
1:52.4	and what her victory has done for a small but mighty island.
1:56.4	I'm Lee James, and this is a sports world special.
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