‘I like the cold’ - Junelle Bromfield on why she enjoys freezing America more than hot Jamaica

Junelle Bromfield crashed out in the 400m semifinals at the Paris Games

‘I like the cold’ - Junelle Bromfield on why she enjoys freezing America more than hot Jamaica

Joel Omotto 16:46 - 19.11.2024

Noah Lyles’ fiancé Junelle Bromfield has expressed her preference for the cold weather in the US compared to the hot conditions she is accustomed to back home in Jamaica.

Jamaican sprint queen Junelle Bromfield has explained how she is enjoying the cold weather in the United States, having been accustomed to humid conditions back home.

Bromfield now lives with her fiancé Noah Lyles, the Olympics 100m champion, and is among those enjoying the freezing conditions in the US with the winter season just about to start.

While doing a workout with Lyles at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Monday, she admitted how she is relieved that she is not in the heat of Jamaica which has become a nightmare for her to deal with given she has allergies.

“I hate the cold,” Lyles said of his dislike for the freezing weather conditions but he was taken aback by Bromfield’s response. “I like the cold,” she said.

“I don’t understand how you Jamaican like the cold. How does that make sense?,” Lyles posed.

“Maybe because we are always in the heat so once you come out of the heat, its like…’I like this, its new’,” she replied.

She went on: “I will tell you the truth why I like the cold but I don’t want to say that on camera,”

“Hold on, wait, is it bad?” Lyles queried further, to which his fiancé replied, “You know why I don’t like the heat.”

“Oh because of your allergy?” responded the American sprinter. “Yes,” his fiancé answered.

“How is that a bad thing?” Lyles asked again. “It is weird to tell somebody that you don’t get along with the heat. Especially when you are from Jamaica that is like hot everyday,” Bromfield replied regarding some of the weather challenges faced in the Caribbean nation.

Given her admission, it seems it will take some time before the Jamaican quarter miler returns home given the cold season in the United States will end in March.