Brother you feel my pain. Being from London and telling people where my family are from, noone ever gets it first time. My grandad is still on the island....first time I've ever heard him get choked up. 🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲
Oh wait so both St. Lucia 🇱🇨 and Dominica 🇩🇲 got their first medal at these games ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 . Big congratulatioand to Thea, my island girl Shanieka 🇯🇲 and princess Jasmine.
Miss lafond is so confident in her action ( winning the gold) and her speaking she take on that press conference with wittiness charm and intellect she is a winner in life and sport thank Dominica for giving the world this beautiful person
Let's start with the fact small islands like Dominica are shitted on and Jamaica historically has always had way more accessibilityto way more so they are supposed to win. But for us what we do is just us. We are smart enough to spot backhanded compliments.
Been following Thea for a few years, hoping one day she would finally get a medal. Can’t believe that day has finally come!!! Big ups from a proud Dominican from the UK. 🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🎉🎉🎉🎉
This girl represented Dominica 🇩🇲 soooo well. Not surprised to read she studied to be a teacher. Gave the world a quick educational lesson of Dominica right down to the pronunciation. Congrats to her and the little island of 🇩🇲. Hope to visit your island one day! ☺️
Big ups to Thea Lafond from Dominica🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲 the nature island of the Caribbean dat is it one Caribbean integration.. Congrats on your Gold medal 🥇👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Felicitaciones a las 3 ganadoras ,soy de Venezuela y aunque yulimar rojas no participo me alegra mucho saber q las medallas se quedaron aqui en nuestro hermoso mar caribe, felicidades a las 3 campeonas orgullo para nuestra america
Great Job Thea LaFond Gadson. Quality can come from small place. We are all proud of you. Go Dominica. Go.. Congratulations..Thanks to your husband and coach.Splendid...🎉🎉🎉🎉
Wonderful achievement Denise our Jamaican island, salutue our Sister Island putting your island🙏🏾🇩🇲 on the map. Stay Humble and Blessed. Congratulations to our Home Girl Shanieka Ricketts; We are SO PROUD of you ; always quietly getting on with business 🙏🏾🇯🇲 Congratulations to Jasmine on your 🥉 and rhe open road ahead of you🙏🏾🇺🇲
Ok, I was rooting for her and Julien in the 100 meters, I wanted them to win their first medals ever. After listening to her I just love her! She is so awesome and cool. Sending my love to 🇩🇲 from 🇨🇴
Congratulations to all three, and particularly to Thea Lafond! Not only an Olympic Gold medallist but wow, what media skills! Sean Gregory of Time Magazine, why not congratulate before asking a question about the country?
So happy for all these lovely ladies. Ecstatic for Dominica as well congratulations to miss tia. I did notice that they spelt Shanieka last name wrong.
Really, LaFond was born in the Caribbean, but raised in America. Meaning attended elementary, high school, and college where she received her track and field training.
Congrats to Thea for winning Dominica’s first ever Olympic medal. Anderson from Final Leg really called it! She always had the potential. Glad it finally came together for her. Congrats to Shanieka and Jasmine for winning Jamaica and USA’s first Olympic medals in the women’s triple jump The demographics of this event has changed a lot within the last few olympic quads. I remember when it was primarily an Eastern European dominant event now the top contenders have been almost exclusively of the western hemisphere Caterine (🇨🇴) in Rio, Yulimar ( 🇻🇪) in Tokyo and now Thea 🇩🇲 in Paris. Congratulations to everyone.
So she know Trinidad and she never heard of Grenada, weird. Anyways she does not live in Dominica but we are proud of you. After all we are the small island and we stand together.
@@fawincoco8385 but Dominica is closer to Grenada than Trinidad. I can't lie, I found it odd that she mentioned Trinidad while stating neighbouring countries. Even mentioning Grenada would've been weird too, but Trinidad is the furthest from them 😅.
Can't believe a journalist would pronounce Dominica wrong before addressing Thea with question. Basic, basic thing...Smh. Good putting him in his place.
Congratulations Thea, congratulations Dominica. Great accomplishment. Sending love from St. Lucia. We did it together! 🇱🇨🇱🇨🇩🇲🇩🇲
Literally. World Indoor Champions and Olympic Champions!!
Finally ppl will stop call us Dominican Republic WE ARE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA 🇩🇲 🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲
I learned something. I was pronouncing it wrong. I thank her for that.
Omg someone posted your win under DR 😢. It's people outside of the carribbean who don't realize.
I just found out Dominican Republic and Dominica is two different country I didn’t know that just like st luci st Lucia
Some people nuh know the difference.
Brother you feel my pain. Being from London and telling people where my family are from, noone ever gets it first time.
My grandad is still on the island....first time I've ever heard him get choked up.
🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲
I’m from st. Lucia and I’m proud of you girl. I’m sure Dominica is celebrating your win. Congratulations
What happened to the accent.
@@nick74195 She moved to the US when she was a child.
Congrats Thea and the Commonwealth of Dominica. You ha ve made the entire Caribbean proud. Coming from 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago.
My first time hearing Thea Lafond speak.... she is sassy.... good for her and congratulations to Dominica!
you gotta be when almost no one cares to even pronounce your country's name properly and we need that stadium in Dominica
올림픽 금메달 축하합니다 그런데
도미니카 연방과 도미니카 공화국은 한국과 북한과 같은가요?
Dominicans tend to be sassy. We have a witty sense of humor
@@이창우-c2cNo. Two completely different islands in the Caribbean. Separated by miles and water.
Where did the accent go
Congrats Lafond 🇩🇲& Ricketts🇯🇲 We are so proud!!! From JA!!
Congrats my Caribbean neighbor. From beautiful Barbados 🇧🇧.
Oh wait so both St. Lucia 🇱🇨 and Dominica 🇩🇲 got their first medal at these games ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 . Big congratulatioand to Thea, my island girl Shanieka 🇯🇲 and princess Jasmine.
Yeah we sister islands so we must succeed together
Gold🥇
Miss lafond is so confident in her action ( winning the gold) and her speaking she take on that press conference with wittiness charm and intellect she is a winner in life and sport thank Dominica for giving the world this beautiful person
Congratulations ladies!🇯🇲🇩🇲🇱🇨
This Jamaican lady is a breath of fresh air. She is class personified. I’m impressed by the way she conducts herself. Congratulations Mrs. Rickets.
What do you mean by your shade????????
@@Bibzydabear perhaps you don’t possess the attributes to discern class.
Let's start with the fact small islands like Dominica are shitted on and Jamaica historically has always had way more accessibilityto way more so they are supposed to win. But for us what we do is just us. We are smart enough to spot backhanded compliments.
@@Bibzydabear Why this man comment is a shade? It's is a fact that this Jamaican athlete is very classy, that's not putting anything on the others.
Been following Thea for a few years, hoping one day she would finally get a medal. Can’t believe that day has finally come!!! Big ups from a proud Dominican from the UK. 🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🎉🎉🎉🎉
What a great ambassador she is for her country. Congratulations to you and your country
I love that finally the islands of the Caribbean are being seen now on the world stage.
I'm proud to be Dominican 🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲
Big up yuh self
@@natalieblaize5300 same here 🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲
She spoke so well. Represented her country so well. Dominica is a Caribbean gem!! Fun to listen
Where did that accent go
This girl represented Dominica 🇩🇲 soooo well. Not surprised to read she studied to be a teacher. Gave the world a quick educational lesson of Dominica right down to the pronunciation.
Congrats to her and the little island of 🇩🇲. Hope to visit your island one day! ☺️
Big ups to Thea Lafond from Dominica🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲 the nature island of the Caribbean dat is it one Caribbean integration.. Congrats on your Gold medal 🥇👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Yes!!! Dominica!!!!! Educated the people !!!
Congratulations to Shenika Jamaica is proud of you❤🙏🇯🇲🇨🇦
Wow this is a proud moment for the Caribbean, big up you Thea 🇩🇲, coming from 🇱🇨
Felicitaciones a las 3 ganadoras ,soy de Venezuela y aunque yulimar rojas no participo me alegra mucho saber q las medallas se quedaron aqui en nuestro hermoso mar caribe, felicidades a las 3 campeonas orgullo para nuestra america
Congratulations Thea and Commonwealth of Dominica. You did it again.... Much love from Saint Lucia 🇱🇨 🇱🇨🇩🇲🇱🇨🇩🇲🇱🇨🇩🇲🇱🇨
Sending love and congratulations from 🇱🇨🇱🇨
Sister islands for the win 🇱🇨🇩🇲🥇🥇🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thea is absolutely refreshing. Congratulations Dominica 🇩🇲 and to Shanieka we are so proud of you girl 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Congrats Dominica 🇩🇲 sending love from 🇯🇲, i am so proud of both st lucia and dominica today
Thea got personality!
Great Job Thea LaFond Gadson. Quality can come from small place. We are all proud of you. Go Dominica. Go.. Congratulations..Thanks to your husband and coach.Splendid...🎉🎉🎉🎉
Bless up Shanieka great job
🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲Thea Congratulations 🏅🏅you did great. Made Dominicans proud. # One Love.
Caribbean represent..congrats .🎉🎉🎉
Congratulations ladies your did great. Thea we are so proud of you from Dominica
We are proud of you!! 🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲
One off my best friends is off St Lucian and Dominican heritage. Great day today for the sister Islands😊
Wonderful achievement Denise our Jamaican island, salutue our Sister Island putting your island🙏🏾🇩🇲 on the map. Stay Humble and Blessed. Congratulations to our Home Girl Shanieka Ricketts; We are SO PROUD of you ; always quietly getting on with business 🙏🏾🇯🇲 Congratulations to Jasmine on your 🥉 and rhe open road ahead of you🙏🏾🇺🇲
Congratulations to Thea and all of Dominica 🇩🇲! One of my favorite places….🥰
Thea is quite a speaker. Congrats to her. She's very eloquent. Go Dominica.
Ok, I was rooting for her and Julien in the 100 meters, I wanted them to win their first medals ever. After listening to her I just love her! She is so awesome and cool. Sending my love to 🇩🇲 from 🇨🇴
Dominica is such a beautiful beautiful island. Congrats to them on this incredible win.
Congratulations ladies! Well done 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏾🇯🇲
Big up Ricketts 🇯🇲 coming from🇱🇨
I love her bubbly personality
🇩🇲 Well done from Dominicas based in England, well done to all the 3 sisters, also.
Congratulations to all three, and particularly to Thea Lafond! Not only an Olympic Gold medallist but wow, what media skills! Sean Gregory of Time Magazine, why not congratulate before asking a question about the country?
🎉🎉🎉🎉DOMINICA🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲
Thank you so much Thea 🤩🥳❤️
This is major! Congratulations!🤯
Thea and Dominica, Congratulations 🎊 🎉❤
Congratulations to all the athletes. Special congratulations to Thea and the beautiful people of Dominica
I am soooo proud of the eastern caribbean lady's!!!! So happy for you girls. Congratulations coming for a Jamaican
Dominica Flag is so beautiful...
Oh yes. It's so.
Big up Thea! Ms. Ricketsss, thank you. we are so proud of you 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Congratulations Ladies 🎉🎉🎉
All 3 ladies are so well spoken and a breath of fresh air. Congratulations to all!
So happy for all these lovely ladies. Ecstatic for Dominica as well congratulations to miss tia. I did notice that they spelt Shanieka last name wrong.
Congratulations to all the young ladies.
Congrats ladies you did your best.
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS THEA!
A Gold for Dominica is a Gold for the Caribbean. Also CONGRATULATIONS to Shanieka from Jamaica for winning Silver!
🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧
Men this is awesome congrats to her an us in dominica 🇩🇲
Girl you should get another gold medal for speaking so greatly about your country. Congratulations, lots of love
West Indians punch way above their weight.
Really, LaFond was born in the Caribbean, but raised in America. Meaning attended elementary, high school, and college where she received her track and field training.
@@1babysun she still has that Caribbean spirit in her whether she lives in the US or not the soul and drive is STILL Caribbean.
@@1babysun Stop, racist.
@@1babysunbut her formative years were there and she has Dominican parents. So where she grew up doesn’t negate her heritage and culture.
3 beautiful articulate amazing athletes congratulations to these beautiful Queens
Sooo proud of my country 🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲
LET'S F*CKING GOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DOMINICA TO THE WORLD!!!
Thea will be a leader one day.
Congrats Ladies 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Big up from jamaica speak well for Dominicans
Congratulations Jasmine, team USA baby. Great win for Bronze medal
Congratulations Ms.Lafond. Proud of you.
Congratulations Thea ! Well done. More gold medals in the making.
Yes FORMER TEACHER THEA 🇩🇲 🇩🇲 🇩🇲 🇩🇲 🇩🇲 🇩🇲 ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉 🔥 🔥 🔥
Ok I get it now. She does comport herself like a teacher
Congrats Ladies! Go Jasmine Go! Good Luck on your next events ❤
Mad big up to Dominica on their win. So proud of you!
Congrats ladies!!!
Absolutely great. Fantastic introduction.
.. that was delightful indeed.
Go Thea… 🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲
Congratulations to Dominica 🇩🇲
🥇🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🎉
So so proud to be from the Nature Isle!!! Dominicans 🇩🇲 all around the world are proud of you Thea! 👏🏾
Congratulations to all the winners
So very proud to see Dominica get their first medal. Congratulations Thea, this Bajan is soooo happy for you!! 🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇧🇧
Love Thea's energy and personality...comes across as a wonderful person. Happy for her and her country
I liked that to be honest.. she is a jovial person..
Well said, beautiful and brilliant young lady🎉🎉 Congratulations Dominica
Congrats to Thea for winning Dominica’s first ever Olympic medal. Anderson from Final Leg really called it! She always had the potential. Glad it finally came together for her.
Congrats to Shanieka and Jasmine for winning Jamaica and USA’s first Olympic medals in the women’s triple jump
The demographics of this event has changed a lot within the last few olympic quads. I remember when it was primarily an Eastern European dominant event now the top contenders have been almost exclusively of the western hemisphere Caterine (🇨🇴) in Rio, Yulimar ( 🇻🇪) in Tokyo and now Thea 🇩🇲 in Paris.
Congratulations to everyone.
Dominican beautiful , well educated people, only 70k , a major hurricane destroyed the island 7 years ago, and we bounced back
😅🎉🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇲❤❤❤❤WE LOVE YOU 🎉🎉 U MADE IT. We GOING HOME WITH GOLD 🥇CONGRÉGATION
Congratulations
Congrats
🇩🇲 🇩🇲 Dominica will finally be seen and heard of
Love me my Jamaica!
Am proud for the American......,🇺🇸💪🙏🙏
So she know Trinidad and she never heard of Grenada, weird. Anyways she does not live in Dominica but we are proud of you. After all we are the small island and we stand together.
@@doreenramsey1016 she wasn't listing all the islands, she named some. Dominica is also closer to Antigua than it is to Grenada. Wow
@@fawincoco8385 but Dominica is closer to Grenada than Trinidad. I can't lie, I found it odd that she mentioned Trinidad while stating neighbouring countries. Even mentioning Grenada would've been weird too, but Trinidad is the furthest from them 😅.
Anderson better show Thea his deep dive video on her from last year. He called it
Can't believe a journalist would pronounce Dominica wrong before addressing Thea with question. Basic, basic thing...Smh. Good putting him in his place.
Why didn’t the American show up? They didn’t show up for the 100 M either! Congrats Dominica, St. Lucia, and Jamaica!
@@pippiesroom4822 she’s literally sitting right there in the video and answering questions lol
@@Dcjc25 oh my bad, I thought it was an Olympic official
Oh my, she took all the water and drink, nothing for my Jamaican girl
at least she ask, i suppose...i saw it too
@@g.s2427yes she did..
For a sec I thought it was Kadeem Hardison askithat last question. Lol
Thea for President.
Congratulations Thea LaFond!!!!!!??!!!!!! 🗼🥇🙂♥️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Why the medal tally doesn't show the gold count for dominica??
These reporters are something else.