Overview
- Julien Alfred ran 21.51 to win the women's 200 metres in Monaco on Friday, setting a Diamond League meeting record and a Saint Lucia national best.
- Adaejah Hodge finished second in 21.76 and Gabrielle Thomas placed third in 21.84.
- Despite having the slowest reaction time out of the blocks, Alfred produced a powerful closing sprint and said the race proved the importance of how you finish.
- Alfred's time moves her to third on the all‑time women's 200m list behind Florence Griffith Joyner and Shericka Jackson.
- Alfred said she will skip the Glasgow Commonwealth Games to focus on the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, leaving Hodge to head to Glasgow.