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Julien Alfred has revealed why she wasn't entirely happy after winning a gold medal in the women's 100m at the Paris Olympic Games.
The Paris Olympic Games would have crowned a new champion in the women's 100m since Julien Alfred had not once or twice thought about withdrawing from the Games.
Since winning the 60m title at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, she had Saint Lucia on her back and to be honest, it's never easy to carry the whole nation's hopes going into a crucial event like the Olympics.
But that was not the only reason why she contemplated ending her season that early, it was also because her father, her greatest cheerleader would not be there to witness her golden moment.
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Despite overcoming the challenges and heading to Paris, eventually winning the gold medal in the women's 100m, Julien Alfred was not entirely happy.
"I felt like the person who wanted me to get to this point in my career was no longer here. I felt there was no need to continue," Julien Alfred told BBC Sport.
"Oh my God, I cried. I bawled my eyes out. Just seeing how far I've come but my dad not being there to see me accomplish it.
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"It did hurt me, that he was not with me," she added.
It was not easy getting there since she added a lot of weight and had too much stress in the build up to the Games.
The Olympic 200m silver medallist explained that she had the pressure to win all the races she competed in.
Her coach, Edrick Floreal is the one who talked her through the struggles and encouraged to keep the fire burning with eyes on the Paris Olympic Games.
She took a short break then resumed training in readiness for the challenge. It's always a dream for any athlete to complete on the Olympic stage and that's what made Julien Alfred keep the faith.
"It felt so much pressure whenever I got a chance to race, because now I thought that St Lucians was expecting so much from me. I felt like I had to win every single time. I felt like I couldn't do it," she revealed.
After winning the 100m title and beating favourite Sha'Carri Richardson to second place, life changed for Julien Alfred but there was still an emptiness in her life.
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She wanted her father to be there and witness the life changing moment she had just gone through, being Saint Lucia's first Olympic medallist.
Alfred went ahead to claim a silver medal in the women's 200m, finishing second behind Gabby Thomas.
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