Duffy Named USSA April Athlete Of The Month
Bermudian triathlete Flora Duffy has been named the United States Sports Academy’s [USSA] Female Athlete of the Month for April, alongside American basketball star LeBron James, who won in the Male category.
The USSA website said, “Duffy dominated in women’s triathlon events on the international stage in April 2018. She took gold in the women’s event at the International Triathlon Union [ITU] World Triathlon Series [WTS] in Hamilton, Bermuda, on 28 April 2018. She also took gold in the women’s triathlon at the Commonwealth Games in Australia earlier in the month.”
“The Athlete of the Year Award is part of the United States Sports Academy’s Awards of Sport program, which each year serves as “A Tribute to the Artist and the Athlete.” The Academy presents the awards to pay tribute to those who have made significant contributions to sport, in categories as diverse as the artist and the athlete in several different arenas of sport.
“The awards honor exemplary achievement in coaching, all-around athletic performance, courage, humanitarian activity, fitness and media, among others. The Academy’s American Sport Art Museum and Archives [ASAMA] annually recognizes these men and women through its Sport Artist of the Year, Honorary Doctorates, Medallion Series, Distinguished Service Awards, Outstanding Athletes, and Alumni of the Year awards. This is the 34th year of the Academy’s Awards of Sport program.”
our national hero
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clarence Hill is THE ONLY BERMUDIAN to earn a medal at the Olympics. Flora has not even attained that type of athletic standard.
He won that medal while the U.B.P. was in power.
Does one think for one minute that any attention was focused on Mr. Hill??
Would any U.B.P. member from that time, even say anything about Mr. Hill??
Of course not.
That alone should let Born Bermudians know that racism is alive, well and is not going away.
We must stand accountable for OURSELVES.
Good for clarence. I wonder was that a gold medal? Flora is NUMBER 1 in the WORLD!!! “Flora hasnt even attained that type of standard” Are u for real? Clarence won one medal. What else he do? How many world competitions has flora won now? We talkin right now mate, not 30+ years ago.
What a stupid dialogue. Celebrate Flora’s unique achievements. Stop living in the distant past. What on earth has the UBP or politics got to to with this? Ignoramus. J
Le Bron who?