SAINT-DENIS, France — Sometimes, all it takes is one athlete. In March, triple jumper Thea LaFond was the only representative of her tiny Caribbean nation, Dominica, at world indoors. She won the gold ...

PARIS, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Thea LaFond made history for the Caribbean island nation of Dominica by winning gold in the triple jump on Saturday to claim the country's first-ever Olympic medal. Jamaica's ...

Two Caribbean athletes just made history at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games—winning their countries their first ever Olympic medals. And not just any medals; both were gold. Saint Lucia’s Julien ...

Olympian Thea LaFond has one proud brother and the support of a whole football team. The 30-year-old old track and field star won Dominica's first Olympic medal — and a gold, at that — in the triple ...

Dominica's Thea Lafond reacts during the women's triple jump final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 3, 2024. (Photo ...

Want to be a flag bearer in the next Olympics but have no discernible athletic skills? If so, then take a page from faux cross-country skiers Gary di Silvestri and Angelica Morrone di Silvestri, the ...

Sometimes, all it takes is one athlete. 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 ...

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Sometimes, all it takes is one athlete. In March, triple jumper Thea LaFond was the only representative of her tiny Caribbean nation, Dominica, at world indoors. She won the ...