Olympians make their mark

It has been an exciting week of firsts at the 2024 Paris Olympics. People in the Caribbean celebrated after two athletes won their nations’ first ever Olympic medals. On 3 August, sprinter Julien Alfred, from St Lucia, won the 100-metres final, and Dominica’s Thea LaFond won gold in the triple jump. Seventeen-year-old Algerian gymnast Kaylia Nemour won gold on the asymmetric bars on 4 August, making her the first African gymnast to win an Olympic medal. Also on 4 August, UK-based boxer Cindy Ngamba guaranteed the Refugee Olympic Team its first medal, by reaching the women’s 75kg semifinals. The team is made up of athletes who are refugees (people who have left their homes because of war or natural disaster). She said, “It means the world to be the first…

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