ROSEAU, Dominica, Nov 4, CMC – Dominica’s first-ever Olympic gold medalist Thea LaFond-Gadson on Sunday formally acquired her nation’s highest honour, the Dominica Honour Award, for her historic achievement on the Paris Olympics.
LaFond-Gadson, who claimed gold within the girls’s triple bounce in Paris and likewise received the triple bounce on the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, acquired the award in the course of the nation’s Independence Day Rally on the Nationwide Parade, the place Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt acknowledged her vital contributions to Dominica.
In the course of the formal ceremony, Dominica’s President, Her Excellency Sylvanie Burton, introduced the award to the 30-year-old, one in every of 18 Dominicans and worldwide honorees acknowledged this yr for his or her contributions.
Talking afterward, LaFond-Gadson expressed her gratitude, describing the award as her “best achievement ever” and inspired younger Dominicans to observe their desires with willpower.
The accolades for LaFond-Gadson’s accomplishments lengthen past the nationwide ceremony.
A personal sector-hosted luncheon was held in her honor final Monday, and he or she was additionally appointed a Sports activities Ambassador and awarded $400,000 together with a land grant from the federal government.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC—Dominica’s first-ever Olympic gold medalist, T,hea LaFond-Gadson o, formally acquired her nation’s highest honor, the Dominica Honour Award, on Sunday for her historic achievement on the Paris Olympics.
LaFond-Gadson, who claimed gold within the girls’s triple bounce in Paris and likewise received the triple bounce on the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, acquired the award in the course of the nation’s Independence Day Rally on the Nationwide Parade, the place Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt acknowledged her vital contributions to Dominica.
In the course of the formal ceremony, Dominica’s President, Her Excellency Sylvanie Burton, introduced the award to the 30-year-old, one in every of 18 Dominicans and worldwide honorees acknowledged this yr for his or her contributions.
Talking afterward, LaFond-Gadson expressed her gratitude, describing the award as her “best achievement ever” and inspired younger Dominicans to observe their desires with willpower. The accolades for LaFond-Gadson’s accomplishments lengthen past the nationwide ceremony.
Final Monday, a personal sector-hosted luncheon was held in her honor. She was additionally appointed a Sports activities Ambassador and awarded $400,000 together with a land grant from the federal government.
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