Melissa Jefferson-Wooden Hails Prefontaine Classic Victory Over Julien Alfred as Sweet Olympic Revenge

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden Hails Prefontaine Classic Victory Over Julien Alfred as Sweet Olympic Revenge

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden ranked her Prefontaine Classic 100m win over Julien Alfred as one of her season’s highlights, using it to avenge her third-place finish at the Paris Olympics.

 

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden has revealed that finally getting revenge on Julien Alfred at the Prefontaine Classic was one of her favourite moments of the season.

 

The triple world champion revealed that lining up for the Prefontaine Classic on home soil, it was more of a Paris Olympic Games women’s 100m final, and since she came third then, she did not want a repeat of the same.

 

At the Paris Olympics, Julien Alfred was crowned the Olympic champion after beating Sha’Carri Richardson and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden to second and third places, respectively.

 

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Heading into the Prefontaine Classic, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden was keen on proving a point, which she sure did. She claimed top honours in 10.75 seconds ahead of Julien Alfred, who clocked 10.77 seconds.

 

Africa’s fastest woman, Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith, rounded up the podium in 10.90 seconds with former world champion Sha’Carri Richardson finishing ninth in 11.19 seconds.

 

 

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden: They Won’t Get Me Twice

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden explained that many of her races this year followed a similar pattern of motivation and focus.

 

She specifically recalled the Prefontaine Classic, the US Trials 100m final, and Brussels, noting that at Prefontaine she was determined to outperform Julien Alfred, who had beaten her at the Olympics, where she finished third.

 

She said she approached the race with the mindset that past results would not repeat themselves, concentrating on running her own race and trusting that executing it properly would bring the outcome she aimed for.

 

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“You know what’s so crazy? I kind of feel like all of my races this year have definitely been that way. But I would say if I had to pick any of them…Prefontaine, US trials 100 final and Brussels. Like I said before, going into the 200 at Philly, I was like, they won’t get you twice,” Melissa Jefferson-Wooden said in an interview with Citius Mag.

 

“I think that’s what I told myself at Prefontaine. It was basically the Olympic rematch final, and last time I got third, I didn’t want to get third this time. I wanted to win. So, I was like, they won’t get me twice.

 

“But just that race in itself, if I’m being Melissa, if I’m focusing on what I need to do, then the rest will take care of itself, which is why I’ve been so adamant and so keen on making sure that I’m executing my race the way that I need to.”

 

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden continued her impressive form to crown her season with wins in the women’s 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.