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August 1, 2021 | Josh Barr

Triple Jumper LaFond Suffers Olympic Heartbreak Again

Thea LaFond waited five years for an opportunity to return to the Olympics and find redemption on track and field’s biggest stage. The Kennedy High graduate and teacher, who resides in Silver Spring, qualified for the Tokyo Games, competing for her native Dominica, a small Caribbean island. LaFond carried the Dominica flag in the Opening […]

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July 30, 2021 | Josh Barr

Ledecky Caps Tokyo Games with 7th Career Gold Medal

One of the greatest swimmers in Olympic history added to her legend in her final swim at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Katie Ledecky, the Bethesda native and Stone Ridge School graduate, will be bringing yet one more gold medal back home with her. Ledecky led from start to finish in the women’s 800-meter freestyle and […]

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July 30, 2021 | Josh Barr

Kennedy High Teacher LaFond Sets Personal Best, Qualifies for Olympic Triple Jump Finals

Thea LaFond waited five years for this opportunity. The Rio 2016 Olympic Games had been disappointing. She had injured her hamstring during training and finished last in the women’s triple jump competition. The John F. Kennedy High School graduate and teacher yearned for another chance to show her ability and prove she belonged among the […]

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July 29, 2021 | Josh Barr

Phoebe Bacon Advances to 200 Backstroke Final; Katie Ledecky Advances to 800 Freestyle Final (Updated)

Just one year removed from graduating from high school, Phoebe Bacon is closing in on her first Olympic medal while her fellow Stone Ridge School swimming alum Katie Ledecky is one race away from her 10th career Olympic medal. Competing in the women’s 200-meter backstroke, Bacon advanced in Thursday’s preliminaries and on Friday morning (Thursday […]

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July 29, 2021 | Josh Barr

Ledecky Anchors U.S. to Silver Medal in 4×200 Freestyle Relay

The 200-meter freestyle delivered one of the most shocking results of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games thus far, as Katie Ledecky swam in the finals of an international meet and failed to reach the podium for the first time in her prolific career. After finding redemption later Tuesday night by winning the gold medal in […]

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July 28, 2021 | Josh Barr

After Missing Medal in 200 Free, Ledecky Wins Gold in Debut of Women’s 1500 Free

One of the greatest Olympians of all time endured perhaps the most trying moments of her incredible career. Katie Ledecky, the Bethesda native and Stone Ridge School graduate, had never known anything other than Olympic gold in individual races until this week. But she was caught from behind and won silver in the 400-meter freestyle […]

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July 25, 2021 | Josh Barr

Katie Ledecky’s Second-Fastest 400-Meter Freestyle Time Is Only Good Enough for Silver Medal

Katie Ledecky gave it everything she had on Monday morning in Tokyo (Sunday night in Montgomery County), turning in the second-fast performance in the women’s 400-meter freestyle of her career as she tried to repeat as the event’s gold medalist. But the Bethesda resident and Stone Ridge School graduate’s sixth career gold medal will have […]

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July 24, 2021 | Josh Barr

Update: Bethesda Native Wilson’s Olympic Dream Is Alive as He Advances to Finals

Bethesda native Andrew Wilson, who is believed to be the first swimmer ever to compete in NCAA Division III and make the U.S. Olympic Team, kept his Olympic dream alive as he claimed the eighth and final spot in Monday’s 100-meter breaststroke finals. Wilson advanced on Saturday through the preliminary heats and then in Sunday’s […]

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July 23, 2021 | Josh Barr

Kennedy High Teacher Carries Flag in Tokyo Games Opening Ceremony

As Thea LaFond walked into the stadium and shared the duties of carrying the Dominica flag in the Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday, there almost certainly were plenty of friends and family following along in Silver Spring. LaFond, who will compete in the triple jump representing the country in which she was born, teaches […]

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