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. She won the ...

Last Saturday at Stade de France in Paris, Thea LaFond became the Olympic champion in the women’s triple jump — bringing immense pride to the state of Maryland. LaFond is a Montgomery County resident ...

Chreign LaFond wasn't able to watch his sister win Olympic gold, but he still had the celebration of the lifetime. LaFond is a defensive end for Navy, while his sister Thea represented Dominica in the ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (DC News Now) — Thea LaFond, a University of Maryland (UMD) alum, won gold in the triple jump at the 2024 Olympics on Saturday – the first gold medalist among alumni since 1988.

As the Navy football players went through practice Wednesday evening, they might not have noticed the woman sitting on a bench just behind the goalposts. After practice concluded and the entire team ...