Julien Alfred defeats Sha'Carri Richardson to win Best Athletes of Paris 2024 at ANOC Awards 2024

Olympic champion Julien Alfred defeated Sha'Carri Richardson to win the NOC Award for Best Female Athlete of Paris 2024.

The best athletes of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games were honoured on Thursday night in Portugal during the ANOC 2024 Awards ceremony at the Estoril Congress Center.

The golden girl won gold in the Olympic 100m final in Paris after defeating Sha'Carri Richardson.

The 24-year-old sprinted to gold in the 100m with a time of 10.72s, becoming Saint Lucia's first Olympic champion in Paris. She then secured silver in the 200m final, capping off her Olympic debut on a high note.

After her incredible performance, Alfred defeated Sha'Carri Richardson to win the best female Athlete of Paris 2024 at the ANOC Awards 2024.

Top male and female athletes, teams, and mixed teams in individual sports were also celebrated in a packed auditorium in Cascais.

Also, Botswana's Letsile Tebogo won the Best Male Athlete of Paris 2024 at the ANOC Awards 2024.

The full winners of ANOC Awards winners for 2024:

Best Female Team of Paris 2024: Italy Volleyball (represented by Carlotta Cambi)

Best Male Team of Paris 2024: Denmark Handball (represented by Hans Lindberg)

Best Female Team in Individual Sport of Paris 2024: Great Britain Cycling – Team Sprint (Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane)

Best Male Team in Individual Sport of Paris 2024: Japan Artistic Gymnastics (represented by Kazuma Kaya)

Best Mixed Team in Individual Sport of Paris 2024: Austria Sailing – Mixed Dinghy (Lara Vadlau and Lukas Mähr)

Best Female Athlete of Paris 2024: Julien Alfred (St Lucia)

Best Male Athlete of Paris 2024: Letsile Tebogo (Botswana)

Outstanding Sporting Career – Female: Lisa Carrington (New Zealand)

Outstanding Sporting Career – Male: Ma Long (China)

Outstanding NOC of Paris 2024: France

Breakthrough NOCs of Paris 2024: St Lucia, Dominica, Guatemala, Botswana

Contribution to the Olympic Movement: Anita DeFrantz