What comes next for Julien Alfred? “The goal is the double”
The 2025 World Athletics Championships are just two months out (13-21 September) in Tokyo. Alfred is next set to compete at next weekend’s (19 July) London Diamond League, but only in the 200m.
The goal for Tokyo remains two-fold – literally: She’s aiming to race in both the 100 and 200m.
“I don’t have any [national] trials, so right now I just have the London 200m,” she said about her plans moving forward. “It’s up to my coach to decide if I run more before Tokyo.”
Is she shying away from that goal as the season unfolds?
“The goal is to run a double for sure,” she replied. “But we are taking it one step at a time and one race at a time, really.”
Alfred claimed her stunning 100m Olympic gold last year at Paris 2024, but then followed that up with a silver medal in the 200m behind American Gabby Thomas. The American sprinters – including Jefferson-Wooden, Sears, Thomas and Sha’Carri Richardson – will all have to go through their national trials, set for early August in Eugene.