Despite having an amazing holiday, Julien Alfred was eager to move on and return to her routine, embracing the next phase of her journey.
Julien Alfred has expressed her excitement to be back in training despite having one of the best holidays compared to other athletes.
The reigning Olympic 100m champion received an outstanding welcome back to Saint Lucia following her exploits at the Paris Olympic Games.
She became the first Saint Lucian athlete to win an Olympic medal, winning the 100m title in a national record time of 10.72 seconds. In the race, Sha’Carri Richardson and Melissa Jefferson finished second and third respectively.
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Julien Alfred then went on to settle for second place in the 200m, settling for silver behind American Gabby Thomas. Brittany Brown rounded up the podium.
In Saint Lucia, she was honoured greatly and even appointed as the tourism ambassador, a role she wears with so much pride. She also went on vacation and had a lot of time to spend with her family after being away for a long time.
However, she revealed that amid all those great things happening, she wanted to go back to training, unlike other athletes who suck at it.
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Julien revealed that she had not had the time to reflect on her 2024 season since she was busy and going back to training would give her ample time to rate her season.
“No, actually, I was looking forward to getting back to training because I finally had a chance to sit and relax and just think of what I had done during the season,” Julien Alfred said in a pre-race press conference.
“I had a good vacation and I was really looking forward to getting back and just seeing what I did during the year.”
Julien Alfred has already uniquely opened her 2025 season, competing in the 300m at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix against her training mate Dina Asher-Smith.
For the long season, her main target would be to get a medal for herself at the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan as she looks to dethrone Sha’Carri Richardson and Shericka Jackson.
Julien Alfred will also skip her title defence at the World Indoor Championships, noting that she is doing this season differently.
