'One Caribbean, one love': Unheralded island nations shine in track and field at the Paris Olympics

Marileidy Paulino, of the Dominican Republic, celebrates winning the women's 400-meter final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France.

Marileidy Paulino, of the Dominican Republic, celebrates winning the women's 400-meter final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)


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SAINT-DENIS, France — Track and field fans are used to seeing Jamaican athletes on the medal stand at the Olympics. In Paris, other Caribbean nations have introduced themselves and their countries to the world. Yes Jamaica has six medals and most of them for its unexpected field success. But medals this time have also come from St. Lucia, Dominica, Grenada and the Dominican Republic.

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