Thea LaFond
Thea LaFond: Meet the first person to win an Olympic gold medal for Dominica
With a second-round national record of 15.02 meters, Thea LaFond of Dominica won the first-ever Olympic medal for her nation at the Olympic Games in Paris on Saturday. The ground-breaking athlete, according to World Athletics, had already shown promise this year when she won gold at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow with a national…