Alfred, Jefferson-Wooden to clash in Rome
Olympic 100m gold medallist Julien Alfred and World Champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden will face each other for the first time since Tokyo 2025, competing in the 200m at Rome’s Golden Gala Diamond League in June. The Wanda Diamond League announced on April 2 that the event, the fifth on the circuit, will take place at Rome’s […] The article Alfred, Jefferson-Wooden to clash in Rome is from St. Lucia Times.
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Olympic 100m gold medallist Julien Alfred and World Champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden will face each other for the first time since Tokyo 2025, competing in the 200m at Rome’s Golden Gala Diamond League in June.
The Wanda Diamond League announced on April 2 that the event, the fifth on the circuit, will take place at Rome’s Olympic Stadium on June 4, one week before Alfred’s birthday.
The 24-year-old Saint Lucian earned bronze over the 100m at last year’s World Championships, despite a hamstring injury. She captured gold in the 100m at Paris 2024 and silver in the 200m, an event in which she owns the 10th-fastest time ever.
Jefferson-Wooden won both the 100m and 200m in Tokyo. In the 200m, the 25-year-old American recorded the eighth-fastest time ever.
This will be the first time these two have met in the 200m. Amy Hunt was also confirmed for that race. The British World Championships silver medallist and Jefferson-Wooden were among the high-profile athletes who holidayed in Saint Lucia towards the end of 2025.
Alfred is the reigning Diamond League champion in the 100m, having won the title in both 2024 and 2025, despite a loss to Jefferson-Wooden at the Prefontaine Classic. Alfred also won the 200m at the London Diamond League meeting in July last year.
Alfred and Jefferson-Wooden will also go head-to-head in the women’s 100m at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Silesia on August 23.
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The article Alfred, Jefferson-Wooden to clash in Rome is from St. Lucia Times.
