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SAINT-DENIS, France — Thea LaFond won the triple jump at the Paris Games to earn the tiny Caribbean island of Dominica its first Olympic medal. She says "it's an understatement to say it's a really big deal" for her country. She adds that "sometimes you wonder if being from a small country means that you have less accessibility to resources." LaFond left Dominica for the United States when she was 5 and now lives in Maryland. But she's still ambassador for her birth nation.
