Women’s triple jump gold medalist Thea Lafond of Dominica reacts on the podium at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Aug. 4 in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Remarkable journey Dr. Dorian ...

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.

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 ...

Former B.C. Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond has admitted to making misrepresentations while licensed as a lawyer but told the Law Society of BC DNA testing she ...