They say love asks for sacrifices, but this much? Imagine growing up in poverty, seeing a dream of racing at the greatest stage of all at just 8 years of age, making the dream come true, and then being subjected to bullying, racism, and even death threats. That’s what sums up Jamaican Olympic athlete Junelle Bromfield. Things have gotten so bad for her after she supported her fiancé, Noah Lyles, in the 2024 Olympics ahead of her countryman, Kishane Thompson, that she was afraid to visit her country. She is yet to be seen on the track after Paris, and there is speculation that she might be retiring. But all this while, she had someone to lean on.
The Jamaican said, “So one of the nicest things you’ve done for me is listen to all that I said I was lacked when I was growing up and tried to give it to me,” as the couple talked of supporting each other in the latest video of The Knot on April 28, 2025. The woman grew up in a poor community called George’s Valley, where the biggest someone could dream of was being a teacher. Yet Bromfield had the speed in her legs and fire in her eyes to dream of being a track and field athlete, competing at the highest level. But that wasn’t easy either, but with Lyles by her side, things were better.
She recalls, “So I was in Jamaica, I wasn’t making any national teams or anything, so it was nice to have somebody who’s at the top of their game telling you that you can also do it too, whatever you’re going through.” There was a time when the Jamaican athlete struggled to make it to the national team. In a Facebook post, she said that she cried and prayed on the day of the Jamaica National Trials, and following the release of emotions, she recorded 50.7s to get below the Olympic qualifying time of 51 seconds in the 2021 Olympic trials.
Hearing all that, Lyles recalled how she wanted to quit track and field. Agreeing with him, the St. Elizabeth native further said, “Yeah, like, it was getting hard mentally and told me that nothing to lose if I just go and run one more race.”
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