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     Maryland alum Thea LaFond captures gold medal and Navy football team celebrates

     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 ...

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     Triple jump champion Thea LaFond on winning Dominica's first Olympic medal: 'It's a really big deal'

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     'One Caribbean, one love': Unheralded island nations shine in track and field at the Paris Olympics

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     Gabby Thomas Wins First Gold Medal At 2024 Paris Olympics In Women’s 200M

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     The second week of the Olympic Games means one thing – the promise that stars will either fall or be made in track and field. Noah Lyles claimed the title of Fastest Man Alive and has his sights ...

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     See the emotional moment Navy football player learned his sister won an Olympic gold

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     Thea LaFond makes Olympic history for Dominica, an island without a track

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     Navy football's Chreign LaFond learns his sister, Thea, won 2024 Paris Olympics gold medal: Watch

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     ....S.’s First Women’s Triple Jump Medal While Thea LaFond Gets Gold And Dominica’s First Medal In ...

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   All times in EST | Last updated on August 9, 2024

   Sat, August 101:00 PM	AthleticsMen's High Jump Final
   Sat, August 101:15 PM	AthleticsMen's 800m Final
   Sat, August 101:30 PM	AthleticsWomen's Javelin Throw Final

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   4:35 AMPeacock	Water PoloUnited States vs Netherlands
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   11:00 AMPeacock	FootballBrazil vs United States

   2:00 AMPeacock	AthleticsWomen's Marathon
   7:00 AMPeacock	VolleyballUnited States vs Italy
   8:00 AMPeacock	Water PoloMen's Gold Medal Match

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3. umterps.com › news › 2024/8/5Olympian Profile: Thea LaFond - University of Maryland Athletics

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   5 days ago · LaFond, a Silver Spring, Md. native, moved to Maryland at age 7. She earned multiple All-American honors in her collegiate career at Maryland as a multi-event athlete from 2011-15. In 2015, the track star was named Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year. LaFond set the highest-ever women's triple jump score in the University of Maryland's school ...

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5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Thea_LaFondThea LaFond - Wikipedia

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   Thea Noeliva LaFond (born April 5, 1994) is a Dominican-American track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, she won gold in the triple jump to claim the first ever Olympic medal for Dominica. LaFond was also the 2024 World Indoor triple jump champion.

6. www.baltimoresun.com › 2024/08/10 › thea-lafond-chMaryland alum Thea LaFond captures gold medal and Navy ...

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   14 hours ago · Former University of Maryland track and field athlete Thea LaFond captured the gold medal in the women's triple jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. LaFond, who represents her native country ...

7. www.washingtonpost.com › sports › olympicsThea LaFond wins gold in triple jump, first ever Olympic ...

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   6 days ago · Thea LaFond makes Olympic history for Dominica, an island without a track. ... LaFond is a track and field champion born on an island without a track. She lived in Roseau, the capital, until she ...

8. umterps.com › news › 2024/8/3OLYMPIC CHAMPION! Thea LaFond Wins Olympic Triple Jump Gold ...

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   Aug 3, 2024 · LaFond posted a mark of 15.02 meters (49-feet, 3.5 inches) - a new national record in the event - to become the first Maryland track and field alum to medal in the Olympics. She is the 10th Gold medalist in Maryland history and the first Terp student-athlete to win Gold since Vicky Bullett in 1988.

9. apnews.com › article › caribbean-2024-olympics-paris'One Caribbean, one love': Unheralded island nations shine in ...

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   15 hours ago · SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Track and field fans are used to seeing Jamaican athletes on the medal stand at the Olympics. In Paris, other Caribbean nations have introduced themselves and their countries to the world. “It was just our turn, man,” said Thea LaFond, whose gold in the triple jump was the first Olympic medal for her island ...

10. dbknews.com › 2024/04/09 › maryland-track-theaAfter a long climb, a former Maryland track star became her ...

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    Apr 9, 2024 · LaFond just made history in the triple jump at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championship. The University of Maryland alum leapt more than 15 meters, a career best that won a gold medal. She ...