CASTRIES, Saint Lucia, (CMC )– Saint Lucia’s sprint queen, Julien Alfred, has dismissed rumours that she is injured after pulling out of two upcoming Diamond League meets.

Alfred, the reigning Olympic women’s 100 metre champion, was slated to compete at the Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Poland this weekend, as well as Athletissima in Switzerland, on August 20.

However, the 24-year-old, who also copped silver in the 200 metres at the Paris Olympics, told the St Lucia Times she is currently training and “working on things in preparation for the last few races”.

The Silesia meet will include reigning World champion Sha’Carri Richardson and the fastest woman in the world over 100m this year, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden.

Both American stars were on the Silesia startlist on Monday, but Alfred’s name was absent.

In a following post, Lausanne stated that Alfred was out with an injury.

“Originally announced, Julien Alfred will not compete in the three Diamond League meetings in August due to injury,” the post said.

Alfred, however, confirmed that while she will not be competing at Silesia or Lausanne, all is well, as she focuses on next month’s World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.