Navy football player finds out his sister won Olympic gold during practice

The moment a Navy football player learns that his sister, Thea LaFond, won gold in the triple jump at the Olympics.

Chreign LaFond wasn't able to watch his sister win Olympic gold, but he still had the celebration of the lifetime.

LaFond is a defensive end for Navy, while his sister Thea represented Dominica in the women's triple jump in Paris.

On Saturday, Thea won the event, giving the Caribbean island its first-ever Olympic medal, let alone gold.

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Gold medalist Thea Lafond of Team Dominica celebrates following the Women's Triple Jump Final on day eight of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on Aug. 3, 2024 in Paris, France.  (Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Chreign was at practice while Thea was competing, but head coach Brian Newberry delivered the news.

"Hey, your sister just won a gold medal," Newberry said. 

He was then mobbed by the rest of his teammates.

Thea also won the event at the world indoor championships this past March, so she was the one to beat.

Women's Triple Jump gold medalist Thea LaFond of Dominica poses for a photo with her medal at Champions Park on day eleven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on Aug. 6, 2024 in Paris, France.  (Carl Recine/Getty Images)

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"It’s an understatement to say it’s a really big deal," Thea said after her victory about giving Dominica a long-awaited medal. "Sometimes you wonder if being from a small country means that you have less accessibility to resources. … But we’ve been really big on (prioritizing) quality and just executing it."

Thea, 30, was born in Dominica, but came to the U.S. at the age of 5. Her