Celebration erupts after Saint Lucia wins first Olympics gold, Philippines' second gold

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Gymnastics and athletics fans celebrated the historic wins of Saint Lucia and the Philippines in the Paris Olympic Games on Aug 3. Julien Alfred won the first ever gold for Saint Lucia in the women's 100m sprint while Carlos Yulo claimed the gold in the men's floor exercise.   Read more at https://shorturl.at/Sk33U   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news  SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar  LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00I was screaming myself.

00:25I'm so glad I was expecting the Jamaicans to do better, but it's even better for

00:29St. Lucia, and Dominica just won the triple jump as well, so it's so good.

00:34The smaller Caribbean countries are doing so well.

00:37For us, my daughter's name is Lucy, so she had already declared St. Lucie as her country,

00:44and to see her win was wonderful for us.

00:47It's true that she crushed all the competition, especially the Americans, who were favorites,

00:53yet.

00:54So it was very strong.

00:56I'm a bit disappointed, but I'm still grateful that I'm here, and the girls still did well.

01:01Not sure what happened to Shelly and Fraser Price, but still happy.

01:05I wish her the best.

01:07It was quite shocking that Shelly didn't perform, seeing that she's been running since 2004.

01:12I came all the way from Jamaica, a Jamaican, to see Shelly, so I'm kind of disappointed,

01:16but I know things happen.

01:18Love and Filipinas!

01:20Love and Filipinas!

01:22Love and Filipinas!

01:24It means a lot.

01:25It's a national pride for us.

01:26This is the second gold medal for the Philippines in its 100 years participating in the modern

01:32Olympics.

01:33So this is truly, truly special.

01:36Truly special for the Philippines.

01:37Woo!

01:38Yay!

01:39What makes it even sweeter is he was the 2019 world champion, and in 2020, he did not make

01:47it to finals.

01:48But this year, he made it to finals, and he won gold!

01:51Yay!

01:52Amazing!

01:53I was crying.

01:55You know what?

01:56We've traveled half the world to come here, and to see the Philippines, to hear the Philippine

02:00national anthem played there was just unimaginable.

02:04I can't believe it would happen in my lifetime, and it wouldn't happen on this trip, but it

02:08did.

02:09I was praying to God that I cannot leave Paris without Philippines winning gold, and it happened.

02:14So I'm very, very thankful, and very proud of Kaloyulo.

02:18Woo!

02:19Merci beaucoup!

02:20Woo!

02:21Merci beaucoup!

02:22Number one!

02:23Woo!

02:24Philippines!

02:25Woo!

02:26Woo!

02:27Woo!

02:28Woo!

02:29Yes!

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