Kenson Casimir: “We cannot simply record these absences.”

We need Julien Alfred to be representing Saint Lucia at most of the global events, and that is what they will endeavour to do: put the best athletes out representing the country. That is their mandate.

From my communication with [Alfred’s] team, she was slated to have participated at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and they did decide as a team that it may not be in her best interest for her to participate.

We’ve been seeing a season marked by inconsistency so far from our Saint Lucia Kings, but I must say that I’m very impressed with the show of support from Saint Lucians.

I’m very wary of stepping in as a minister and, for lack of a better way of phrasing it, forcing an athlete to participate at an event that the entire technical team around her has advised her not to participate.