Roseau, Dominica: Thea Lafond Gadson of Dominica climbed the bronze medal on the Pan-American Video games 2023 in Santiago. She turned the primary athlete to safe the medal and open the medal tally for the nation within the video games.
Lafond gained the medal within the feminine triple bounce. She jumped a distance of 14.25 to safe third place.
As per the outcomes of the triple bounce, Leyanis Perez gained the gold with 14.75m, whereas the silver medal was secured by Liadagmis Povea with 14.41m.
Thea Lafond is the nationwide triple jumper of Dominica, who secured a number of achievements in several championships. She clinched a number of medals, and Pan-American Video games 2023 added one other milestone in her pocket.
Lately, she certified for Dominica’s first 2024 Olympic whereas breaking the Triple Soar Nationwide Report with a distance of 14.90m on the World Athletics Championships 2023.
Different achievements
Thea Lafond of Dominica has achieved a number of data within the Triple Soar. As per her data, she gained the ladies’s triple bounce occasion on the USATF NYC GRAND PRIX with a bounce of 14.47m.
In 2022, she gained the gold medal for Dominica on the NACAC Championship in Bagamas within the Girls’s Triple Soar. She was the primary feminine athlete from Dominica to win a gold medal on the championships.
Additional, the Commonwealth Video games 2022 additionally secured nice achievements for Dominica as she climbed the silver medal on the 2022 Birmingham within the Girls’s Triple Soar. Prime Minister Dr Roosevelt Skerrit additionally congratulated the athlete and lauded her efficiency.
Notably, the federal government of Dominica additionally introduced the financial award of $200,000 to Thea Lafond in recognition of her medal-winning performances on the Commonwealth Video games and the NACAC Senior Championships.
Thea Lafond additionally shined within the 12 months 2021 as she set a brand new nationwide document in her first bounce and topped group B for the qualification rounds of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Video games.
She additionally performed on the Tokyo Olympics. Prime Minister Dr Roosevelt Skerrit additionally lauded her efficiency and mentioned that she is a real icon of Dominica.
Hailing from the Mahaut group, she secured qualification with a private better of 14.33m in February 2020.
In 2020, she ranked quantity 12 on the planet and improved quite a bit in these years.
