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Flora Duffy Reflects On Five Olympic Games
[Written by Stephen Wright] An emotional Dame Flora Duffy shed tears of pride after closing the curtain on her Olympic Games career with a fifth-place finish in the women’s triathlon at the Paris Games today [July 31]. A reflective Duffy, who etched her name into the annals of Bermudian sporting history when she stormed to a gold medal at the 2020... Read more of this article
Duffy Finishes 5th, Hawley 41st, Smith 48th
[Updated] The Olympic women’s triathlon was held this morning [July 31] with Dame Flora Duffy racing to a 5th place finish in her fifth Olympic appearance for Bermuda and Erica Hawley finishing 41st in her Olympic debut. The appearance by Dame Flora Duffy equaled the all-time record for Olympic appearances in the triathlon, she is now one of only... Read more of this article
Dame Flora Duffy On Olympic Hopes In Paris
Dame Flora Duffy said she has renewed hope of producing a top performance at the Paris Games in the women’s triathlon tomorrow [July 31]. The Olympic champion told award-winning Bermudian journalist Glenn Jones in a recent interview for Bernews that her ambition is to win another medal and has left no stone unturned in her preparations. She returned... Read more of this article
Photos: Triathletes Get Familiar With Course
Bermuda’s Olympic triathletes recently undertook familiarization rides in Paris as they prepare for their respective upcoming competitions. The athletes have not actually been able to do the swimming training, which was canceled on two consecutive days due to the low water quality, and the men’s triathlon — which was supposed to take... Read more of this article
Men’s Triathlon Postponed Due To Water Quality
[Updated] If you were planning to get up at 3:00am to watch Tyler Smith compete today [Tuesday, July 30], cancel your alarm clock as the men’s triathlon has been postponed due to the poor water quality - and it is now scheduled to take place on Wednesday July 31st. A few hours before the race was scheduled to start, officials announced they have... Read more of this article
Dame Flora Duffy Highlighted By World Triathlon
Olympic gold medalist Dame Flora Duffy will defend her title against 54 other athletes on July 31 at the women’s individual triathlon, with World Triathlon highlighting her and her competition ahead of the event. A World Triathlon story said, “At 8am on Wednesday 31 July, 55 athletes will line up in Paris for only the seventh women’s individual... Read more of this article
Remember When: Flora Duffy Claimed Gold
[Written by Stephen Wright] It has been exactly three years since Dame Flora Duffy became the island’s first athlete to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. She claimed victory in the women’s triathlon at the rescheduled Tokyo Games on July 27, 2021, to become only the second Bermudian to medal at the Olympics after boxer Clarence Hill won bronze... Read more of this article
Duffy On Olympic Goals, Legacy & More
Dame Flora Duffy – speaking to award-winning Bermudian journalist Glenn Jones – has talked about her goals heading into her fifth Olympic Games in Paris, her emotional return to action after a career-threatening injury, and her dreams for her sports-funding programme. Duffy will defend the gold medal she won at the rescheduled Tokyo Games in 2021... Read more of this article
Video: Glenn Jones Interviews Dame Flora Duffy
Emmy Award-winning Bermudian journalist Glenn Jones recently traveled to Colorado to interview defending Olympic gold medalist Dame Flora Duffy, with the pair discussing Dame Flora’s goals, her recovery from an injury, her sports-funding initiative, and more. Mr Jones works for NBC Boston, and we appreciate them allowing us to ‘borrow’... Read more of this article
Video: Dame Flora Duffy Arrives In Paris
[Written by Stephen Wright] Dame Flora Duffy touched down in Paris this morning [July 25] with her husband Dan Hugo and coach Jessica West. Duffy, who won the women’s triathlon at the rescheduled Tokyo Games in 2021, was greeted at the Charles de Gaulle Airport by Katura Horton-Perinchief, the Bermuda chef de mission. The multiple time-time world... Read more of this article
Audio: Podcast With Dame Flora Duffy
In the latest episode of The Convex Conversion, Olympic Gold medalist Dame Flora Duffy discussed her challenging journey to the Paris 2024 start line after a severe knee injury. The episode description says, “When reigning Olympic Gold triathlete Dame Flora Duffy takes her place on the pontoon on the Seine in Paris in three weeks’ time, it marks... Read more of this article
Dame Flora Duffy In WTS Dare To Dream Series
World Triathlon has released a trailer for the docuseries Dare to Dream, which features a number of top triathletes, including Bermuda’s Dame Flora Duffy. With two episodes a week being released in the lead-up to the opening ceremony of Paris 2024, the eight-part series follows the journeys of 14 of the world’s top triathletes. These include... Read more of this article
