{"id":271330,"date":"2021-07-23T16:06:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T20:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=271330"},"modified":"2021-07-24T22:34:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T02:34:08","slug":"2020-tokyo-olympics-video-interview-with-member-of-dominica-team-thea-lafond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/covid-19\/2020-tokyo-olympics-video-interview-with-member-of-dominica-team-thea-lafond\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 TOKYO OLYMPICS: Video interview with member of Dominica team, Thea Lafond (with photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-271334\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Thea-Lafond-642x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Thea-Lafond-642x357.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Thea-Lafond-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Thea-Lafond-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Thea-Lafond-640x356.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Thea-Lafond.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>The 2020 Tokyo Olympics got off to an official start today.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the Dominican delegation was well received during the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Trimple jumper, Thea Lafond, who was one of Dominica&#8217;s flag bearers at the opening ceremony, speaks in the video below, with the delegation&#8217;s Press Attache, Garvin Richards. 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