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'My top three targets for 2025 are...'- Julien Alfred unveils ambitions for next season

Julien Alfred has revealed her to-do-list for the 2025 season.

Julien Alfred is eyeing a fruitful 2025 season and is targeting more than what she achieved in 2024 on and off the track.

The reigning Olympic 100m champion has been one of the most successful athletes in 2024 but has promised there is more to come next season.

She has already sent warnings to her rivals Sha’Carri Richardson, Shericka Jackson and Gabby Thomas among others and she has intentions of continuing flying Saint Lucia’s flag high.

The Olympic 200m silver medallist revealed that she had taken some time off but has since resumed training and so far, things are looking up.

She detailed three of the main things she wants to achieve as far as her career is concerned as she pointed out that dominating the track is definitely a priority in her season.

Being appointed as Saint Lucia’s tourism ambassador, she will also have to continue marketing the country and she has vowed not to fail her country on that.

“I had five weeks off. I’m back in training now. I have to stick to what I know. I’m here at the World Travel Market using what I have done to now become a tourism ambassador to promote my country,” Julien Alfred said as quoted by Voice Online.

“My top three targets for 2025 are to grow as a person, mentally, physically and spiritually. I want to continue to be an inspiration for those in my country, especially the youth. I want to continue to be a good ambassador for my country both on and off the track.

“And I want to continue to do well on the track for myself, for my country, for my coach and for those who have poured so much into me. I want to do well for them as well.”

Julien Alfred recalled the moment she jetted back into the country after her dominant exploits at the Paris Olympic Games, something she will always live to remember.

The 23-year-old revealed that being welcomed by such high-profile personalities and being treated like royalty gave her the motivation to keep going and she will continue wracking up medals on the track as appreciation for her country.

“After stepping off the plane I was welcomed by the Prime Minister, the Minister of Tourism, the Minister of Sport, the government I would say, I was just welcomed by them,” Alfred revealed.

“And there were St Lucians outside the airport awaiting my arrival, people were dancing, people were singing, people were cheering, it was just a crazy experience that I will always be grateful for.”