Watch The Emotional Moment Navy Football Player Chreign LaFond Learned His Sister Won An Olympic Gold Medal

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Chreign LaFond is a 6-foot-5, 262-pound defensive end for the Navy Midshipmen football program.

But for as physically imposing as he is, LaFond could help but to let the tears flow when Navy coaches informed him during a practice that his sister, Thea, had just become an Olympic gold medalist.

The resulting video undoubtedly had several others in tears as well.

Navy Football Player’s Sister Claims First Gold In Her Country’s History

Thea LaFond, who moved to the United States at five years old, became the first-ever gold medalist for Dominica when she won the women’s triple jump. She jumped 15.02 on her second attempt, which was the winning jump.

“It’s an understatement to say it’s a really big deal,” LaFond said after her victory Saturday night at the Stade de France. “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.”

LaFond’s coach, Aaron Gadson, is also her husband. The two met in 2016 when LaFond, now 30, made her first appearance in the Olympics.

Gadson told LaFond to totally rethink her jumping technique. So she switched from jumping off her right leg to her left leg.

“It’s basically teaching your body how to jump again,” LaFond said. “There were some very frustrating days.”

Chreign, meanwhile, is a junior at the Naval Academy who is majoring in history and earned his first varsity letter last season.

“There are too many awesome things in this video to count,” former ESPN College GameDay host David Pollack said of the video.

It was undoubtedly a remarkable moment for both Thea and her brother. And Chreign’s teammates being there to celebrate the achievement with him makes it all that much more emotional.