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.

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 ...

“It was just our turn, man,” said Thea LaFond, whose gold in the triple jump was the first Olympic medal for her island, Dominica. “It kind of becomes like truly a family. When we say one ...

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LaFond developed into a top tier multi-event athlete, capturing Class 3A outdoor state championships in four events (100-meter hurdles, high jump, long jump, triple jump) as a senior in 2011.

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Thea LaFond won the triple jump at the Paris Games to earn the tiny Caribbean island of Dominica its first Olympic medal.

Track and field fans are used to seeing Jamaican athletes on the medal stand at the Olympics. In Paris, other Caribbean ...