Dominica announces package for country’s first ever Olympic gold medalist

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC –The Dominica Government on Sunday night announced that it is providing the island’s first ever Olympic gold medalist, Thea Lafond Gadson, with the country’s highest national award, as well as a cash gift of nearly half a million dollars (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) following her exploits at the Paris Olympics earlier this month.

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