Triple jump champion Thea LaFond on winning Dominica's first Olympic medal: 'It's a really big deal'
In March, triple jumper Thea LaFond was the only representative of her tiny Caribbean nation, Dominica, at world indoors. She won the gold medal. Now at the Paris Olympics, LaFond is the only ...
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U.S. Leads Olympics Medal Table, but Dominica Wins Most Per GDPDominican-American Thea LaFond, representing Dominica at her third Olympics, won gold in the triple jump in Paris. With one ...
The 33-year-old, who was born in Mexico and had represented his birth country, chose to dive for Dominica in 2019 and became its first Olympic diver in 37 years at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
Thea Lafond, of Dominica, celebrates after winning the women's triple jump final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. Credit: AP/Matthias Schrader “We ...
However, with a population of more than 330 million people, the U.S. does not come close to having the most medals per capita based on overall population. Based on data provided by medalspercapita.com ...
The 26-year-old from Almaty won silver in men's pommel horse, giving Kazakhstan its first gymnastics medal in its eighth Olympics. Dominica wins first medal... ever Thea LaFond-Gadson, take a bow.
Thea, 30, was born in Dominica, but came to the U.S. at the ... D.C. The Paris Games marked her third Olympics. Thea was actually a dancer before turning to track as a teen, as her parents could ...
In March, triple jumper Thea LaFond was the only representative of her tiny Caribbean nation, Dominica, at world indoors. She won the gold medal. Now at the Paris Olympics, LaFond is the only ...
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