Sha'Carri Richardson, Ta Lou-Smith, and Julien Alfred set for epic 100m showdown at Prefontaine Classic

Sha'Carri Richrdson, Ta Lou-Smith, and Julien Alfred

Sha'Carri Richardson, Ta Lou-Smith, and Julien Alfred set for epic 100m showdown at Prefontaine Classic

Funmilayo Fameso 07:21 - 03.05.2024

Three of the fastest women in history Sha'Carri Richardson, Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith, and Julien Alfred will face off at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League on May 25th.

World's fastest woman Sha'Carri Richardson, Africa's fastest in history Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith, and world 60m champion Julien Alfred are scheduled to face off in the 100m event at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League on May 25th.

The trio highly ranked among the fastest women in history, will have a go at each other for the first time since the final of the world championships in Budapest, where Richardson ran out victorious with a record of 10.65s.

Sha'carri Richardson. Credit: @itsshacarri/Instagram

Ta Lou-Smith finished fourth in that race behind the Jamaican duo of Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, while Alfred was fifth.

This time around, Richardson will be making her 100m season's debut and will gun to finish with her first win of the year after back-to-back losses in the 200m event at the Xiamen and Shanghai Diamond Leagues. 

Meanwhile, before the race, the Ivorian and St. Lucian track legends are listed to compete at the Jamaica Invitational on May 11, where they'll race to sharpen their fitness ahead of the showdown with their American rival.

Marie Josee Ta Lou-Smith and Julien Alfred

With the women's 100m set to be one of the event headliners at the Prefontaine Classic, all ladies will be chasing a famous victory and the maximum bragging rights for a confidence booster ahead of the Paris Olympic Games.

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