PARIS, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Dominican athlete Thea LaFond won gold in the women's triple jump at the Paris Games on Saturday, a historic first ever Olympic medal for the Caribbean island nation.
LaFond secured the title with a leap of 15.02m at Stade de France, edging out Jamaica's Shanieka Ricketts, who had a best jump of 14.87m.
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