Sha'Carri Richardson to face Julian Alfred in Olympic final rematch at 100m at Brussels Diamond League

By Soumik Bhattacharya

Modified Sep 02, 2024 17:12 GMT

Sha'Carri Richardson and Julien Alfred are all set to cross paths once again in the upcoming Brussels leg of the 2024 Diamond League. The Brussels event will be the final Diamond League event this season and is scheduled to be held on Friday, September 13, and Saturday, September 14.

This follows the recent announcement on the Brussels Diamond League social media channels that Richardson will be competing. According to reports, the Women's 100m silver medalist will participate in both the 100m and 200m events.

The post read,

"We’re thrilled to announce that the American World Champion and Olympic silver medalist in the 100m, Sha’Carri Richardson, will be competing at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme."

However, prior to the Brussels Diamond League meet, the two young, dynamic sprinters will also compete against each other at the Zurich Diamond League event on Thursday, September 5. This event will mark their first track and field competition since the Olympics.

Thus, the Brussels event will be the second time in a span of ten days that two Paris Olympics Women's 100m medalists, Alfred and Richardson, will go head-to-head against each other.

The Olympic Women's 100m finals saw an epic clash between Richardson and Alfred, where the Saint Lucian athlete beat the former by a margin of 0.15 seconds to clinch the gold medal. Thus, the Texas native will be looking to settle the score in the upcoming Zurich and Brussels Diamond League meets.

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Olympic champion Ryan Crouser lauds Sha'Carri Richardson for her straight-face personality

Sha'Carri Richardson at the Olympic Games-Paris 2024 (Image via Getty Images)

2024 Paris Olympics gold medalist Ryan Crouser recently applauded Sha'Carri Richardson for her personality on and off track. This came just a few days after the shot put thrower's second-place finish at the Silesia Diamond League event.

Crouser appeared in an interview with Mirror Sport US, during which the 31-year-old remarked that Richardson's straightforward personality and honesty are key factors in her appeal to people.

Here's what he said:

"She's a very genuine person. What you see is what you get. She doesn't hide or pull any punches or anything. And so on her bad days, she has bad days, and you're going to know it."

In the interview, the 31-year-old also highlighted that while many sprinters may portray a different image off the track, Richardson consistently remains true to herself.