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The United Workers Party (UWP) has extended congratulations to Thea Lafon-Gadson on her momentous achievement at the ongoing 2024 Olympics.<\/p>\n
Lafond-Gadson created history when she became Dominica’s first gold medalist last Saturday at the Olympic Games in Paris, France. She competed in Women\u2019s Triple Jump recording 15.02m. The silver went to Shanieka Ricketts of Jamaica with 14.87m, with USA\u2019s Jasmine Moore claiming bronze with 14.67m.<\/p>\n
“Her feat has rightly triggered tremendous national and international attention to our beautiful island of Dominica,” said party officials.<\/p>\n
“This outstanding achievement coming just a few months after she secured the world indoor title in the same event is [a] fitting testament to her commitment, dedication, and hard work, which she continues to exhibit. Indeed, just this past June her efforts and achievements in the field of Track and Field [were] publicly acknowledged by the UWP when she was awarded for outstanding achievement in the field of sports, during our Economic Revival Summit and Awards Ceremony,” they further stated.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, party leadership also took the opportunity to highlight the urgency of developing sports on the island, citing the need for greater investment in the sector. According to the statement, the construction of an all-weather athletic facility is “long overdue” given “the tremendous contributions [that] can come from our young people who invest the time and effort in sports.”<\/p>\n
“…More needs to be done to encourage this participation through the development of sporting facilities and greater investment in sports. We continue to wish Thea continued success as she works to represent Dominica on the world stage,” asserts the UWP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United Workers Party (UWP) has extended congratulations to Thea Lafon-Gadson on her momentous achievement at the ongoing 2024 Olympics. Lafond-Gadson created history when she became Dominica’s first gold medalist last Saturday at the Olympic Games in Paris, France. She…","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":327249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[235,9,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-sports"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n