The tone had been set as the battle of pace was between the two biggest names in the women’s sprinting right now. The track and field community was split between Sha’Carri Richardson and Julien Alfred. Before entering the Diamond League final in Brussels, the score between them had been standing at 2-2. So it became a prestige fight between the runner-up and the Olympic champion. But at the end of the 100m event in Brussels, Alfred posed in front of the cameras with a sigh of relief, titled champion. Richardson was seen to be walking away at the far side.
