"Junelle Bromfield was afraid to come home" - Simone Clarke-Cooper shares traumatic aftermath of 'cyberbullying' during Paris Olympics

By Animesh Pandey

Modified Sep 21, 2024 04:40 GMT

Internet personality Simone Clarke-Cooper recently shared how she got in touch with Jamaican sprinter Junelle Bromfield, who had a harrowing social media experience during the Paris Olympics 2024. Bromfield has been at the end of a vicious hate campaign online, which took a toll on her.

The Jamaican sprinter spoke to Clarke-Cooper, who hosts a podcast show titled 'Sim Soul Sessions.' Clarke-Cooper revealed on her Instagram account how traumatized Bromfield was by the constant cyberbullying she had to face, especially after the Olympics.

Simone Clarke-Cooper wrote on her Instagram post:

"I’ve sat and watched what has been happening with @junellebromfield. We reached out to her, and I offered to fly her home to come sit with me for @simsoulsessions because I thought she needed to have her say. Her response hurt my heart. She wanted to accept the invitation, but she was afraid to come home."

Apart from revealing that the episode with Junelle Bromfield would be broadcast on Monday (September 23), Simone-Clarke Cooper appealed to her followers to raise their voices in the Jamaican's support. She added:

"My payback is the joy and fulfillment I get from standing up and doing something. Evil can and should never triumph. Good men, and women, let’s not ‘do nothing’. Let’s join voices in condemning evil, and lift our voices to lift @junellebromfield up!"

Junelle Bromfield has been constantly supported by her boyfriend and American sprinting sensation Noah Lyles, who won the gold medal in the 100m and the bronze medal in the 200m at the Paris Olympics. Lyles also attended the show alongside Bromfield.

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Junelle Bromfield at the Paris Olympics

Junelle Bromfield of Jamaica in action during the women's 4x400m relay event at the Tokyo Olympics [Image for Representational Purposes] [Image Source: Getty]

Junelle Bromfield qualified for the Paris Olympics in the women's 400m event and the women's 4x400m relay event. This was her second consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. Her previous appearance came at the Tokyo Olympics, where the Jamaican contributed to the bronze medal performance of the women's 4x400m relay team.

In Paris, the Jamaican sprinter first took part in the mixed 4x400m relay event, where she ran the second leg of the race. The Jamaican team stood third in the heats, which helped them qualify for the finals.

However, despite the best of efforts, they finished fifth overall, with a timing of three minutes, 11.67 seconds. The Netherlands won the gold medal with a new European record of three minutes, 7.43 seconds, just 0.02 seconds shy of the world record established by the silver medalists from the USA during the heats.

Bromfield then participated in the women's 400m event, her first individual event at the Olympics. The Jamaican sprinter was ranked third in her heats, as she clocked 51.36 seconds to qualify for the semifinals.

Her teammates Nickisha Pryce and Stacey-Ann Williams clocked 50.02 and 50.16, respectively. However, none of them managed to make it to the finals. Only Nickisha Pryce managed a fourth-place finish in her heats, clocking 50.77 seconds. Junelle Bromfield finished last in her heats, clocking a time of 51.93 seconds.