00:02Claire Lafontaine next for Domenica.
00:05So there goes the Cone, and here comes the Olympic champion.
00:07The Olympic champion in Paris 2024.
00:10World silver medalist last year.
00:13She's been around, been a great servant in Domenica's colors.
00:1814.79 in the last competition in Monaco three weeks ago.
00:25That looked nice. That looked better.
00:28Remember, form 13.96, that looks around 14.50, something like that.
00:33She has jumped 15.25 this year.
00:36That is her lifetime best.
00:38That 15.25 actually makes the tenth longest jumper in history.
00:43Lafontaine, she is the world number one.
00:46Producing that performance in Zagreb back at the end of June.
00:53And Lafontaine giving away 14 centimeters on the board.
00:57Well, that's quite a bit.
00:58But what distance is she given?
01:01Still waiting.
01:04You can see the wind speed on that one.
01:11Dominica does start here as a strong favorite.
01:14There's no doubt about that.
01:15Yeah, 14.52.
01:18Wow.
01:19Excellent opener.
01:22Here goes Lafontaine.
01:23Vera Lafontaine up next.
01:25Event leader.
01:2614.52.
01:28HD window.lıF
01:3440 meters. He's
01:35getting up towards her own mark there, her own leading mark. Bronze in
01:38the gold coast in 2018, silver in Birmingham in 2022. Silver in
01:42Birmingham in 2022. Is it
01:43got a symmetry about that, or a progression about that?
01:46Surely, LaFond, the Olympic champion, the world leader this season.
01:54Poised for gold.
01:56Well, she's going to find herself another 25 centimetres or so on the board.
02:00That won't do her cause any harm.
02:03Shake of the head from LaFond.
02:0614 metres 23, following wind of a 2.5 down there.
02:11Regina Ford-Wells looking like she might be getting some medical assistance
02:14and we haven't seen much of the English athlete yet.
02:17Let's hope everything's all right there.
02:20Te LaFond then goes again in this triple jump.
02:27Understandably out in front, 14 metres 52, her opener.
02:33Then 14.23.
02:36This round three, for LaFond.
02:41Oh, that's nice. That's nice.
02:43Beautiful rhythm to that one, and each of the three phases was massive.
02:48Yeah, she knows she hit the nail on the head with that one.
02:52So difficult to get it right.
02:53So many elements to be put in the right order,
02:56almost like a jigsaw, but she got that one very right.
02:58Achillia Smith in Jamaica in the silver medal position with 14 metres exactly.
03:03But that was massive.
03:04That was out towards 14.5 metres, maybe beyond 14.52 and 14.23,
03:12her effort so far.
03:13Good on the board this time, just 111 centimetres given away there.
03:17But she's all smiles, because she knows she's hit one very right.
03:24The mark to come up, 14 metres.
03:28Te LaFond then round four.
03:32In this triple jump final, she dominates at the moment.
03:37Leeds with 14.60, this just a couple of minutes ago.
03:43She's had a five-minute series, 14.52, 14.23, 14.59 in round three.
03:49And then in that fourth round effort,
03:51she squeezes out another centimetre to extend her lead.
03:56Achillia Smith in second,
03:57hasn't been able to improve on her 14 metres exactly that second round effort.
04:02Shantae Foreman of Jamaica giving them second and third at the moment,
04:07with 13.96, her opener.
04:09She stays in third place.
04:11Good on the board there.
04:14Te LaFond, the wind,
04:17well, it's eased off quite significantly,
04:19plus 0.7 behind that one big effort in the second round.
04:2414.23.
04:26For that one, 14 metres 60.
04:29She's over.
04:30So far, with the final jump of the triple.
04:36Each one of her marks here would have been enough for gold.
04:39Five valid jumps.
04:41And the world lead this season with 15.25.
04:46Te LaFond will give it everything here in the last jump.
04:49She's ever the professional on the circuit and at the championships.
04:52And LaFond for Dominica.
04:54And I think, yeah, it has come off as a fair attempt pretty quickly.
04:58Just one ball out of the six attempts.
05:00Pretty impressive.
05:01Pretty gold for Thea LaFond and Dominica.
05:05And she gives us a sand angel to celebrate.
05:11Such a brilliant 2024 for Thea LaFond.
05:14And then in 2025, there were illnesses and injuries that just took the edge off her ever so slightly.
05:19She still performed well throughout the year and got a silver in the end in Tokyo.
05:25She never takes any championship for granted.
05:29Triple jumpers, the female triple jumpers, will get the chance to go to the World Ultimate Championships.
05:36There's no men's triple jumpers there, but just a women's one.
05:40Thea LaFond, I'm sure, will refocus on the remainder of the Diamond League season and on that World Ultimate Championships
05:47after taking a brilliant gold.
05:49Dominica's first ever gold at the Commonwealth Games here in Glasgow.
06:05Lovely celebrations here at Shante Fulman.
06:09Thank you, Smith.
06:11Yeah.
06:13In the hub.
06:16Yeah.
06:20100 metres hurdle spinal.
06:25Dominica's first ever gold at the Commonwealth Games for Dominica, with Thea LaFond, 14 metres 60,
06:44Achillea Smith, 14.04, Shante Fulman, 13.96, Jamaica taking the silver and the bronze.
06:53Good job, awesome job.
06:54You get 50, right?
06:55What? You get 50?
06:56You get 50?
06:57Oh, no!
07:02Congratulations!
07:04Oh, my God.
07:04Oh, my God.
07:04Good job!
07:08Well, that's the medals in the women's triple jump.
07:11Oh, my God.
07:13Wow.
07:14Yeah.
07:17Oh, my God.
07:21You're, you're from WOW.
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