Photos & Video: Flora Duffy Wins In Germany

July 11, 2022

Bermuda’s Dame Flora Duffy raced to victory in the World Triathlon Championship Series in Hamburg, Germany this weekend, claiming her 13th career WTCS victory to further cement herself as one of the greatest triathletes of all time.

The World Triathon report said that Flora Duffy‘s performance in Hamburg “will be one to remember.”

“The current Olympic and World Champion stormed the field to beat in the last 300 meters Beth Potter [GBR] despite having to serve a 10 seconds penalty. Germany’s Lisa Tersch crossed the finish line in third place for much delight of the thousands of spectators that cheered in the iconic Rathausmarkt square to grab the first World Triathlon Championship Series podium of her career.

“I couldn’t believe it”, said Duffy after the race, talking about the penalty. “I came into T2 and I saw that my goggles were out of the little box and I thought, oh dear! That really flustered me and I took forever to get my shoes on out of T2 and then Dan, my husband, shouted at me ’10-second penalty’ and I thought, wow Flora, you’re really making it hard for yourself today. I’ve never had a penalty,

“It’s like now I am making all these mistakes, I’ve got slow transitions, I’m getting penalties. I guess I am trying to make it interesting for myself and make it super hard to win.

“I haven’t been pushed like that on the run. I was like this cannot come down to a sprint finish so I just tried to lengthen it but I gave everything out there. Super pumped to take the win after this year, it started off so weird, two times covid, flying to races and my equipment not making it so I am pumped to win, pumped to get myself back in the Series and I am excited for the rest of the year.”

Photos courtesy of @petkobeier/worldtriathlon