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Olympics: Flora Duffy To Compete Tomorrow
[Written by Don Burgess] Flora Duffy is cutting out all the distractions ahead of her biggest moment on the world stage on Saturday. The Bermudian has a legitimate shot of making the podium in the Rio Olympic women’s triathlon at 11am tomorrow. Local residents are likely to catch at least snippets of the race live on TV, but they can watch it in... Read more of this article
Photos: Flora Duffy Wins Triathlon In Montreal
[Written by Don Burgess] Bermuda’s Flora Duffy topped the podium in Montreal today as her last race before heading down to the Rio Olympics. Duffy was competing in the Montreal International Triathlon Union World Cup, where she dominated from start to finish. As she did in her last two events, Duffy broke away on the bike portion before breaking... Read more of this article
Duffy Ranked As Favorite To Win Olympic Medal
[Written by Don Burgess] Bermuda’s Flora Duffy is one of the hot favorites to win the gold medal in women’s triathlon at the Rio Olympics, according to SportingBet.com. Sporting Bet has Duffy at 20-1 odds to top the podium in Brazil and punters are loving it. So far the site is reporting that she has received the second equal most bets behind... Read more of this article
Video: Flora Duffy Wins Gold Medal In Sweden
Bermuda’s Flora Duffy won the Vattenfall World Triathlon Stockholm in Sweden this weekend, with her impressive gold medal win marking her first-ever World Triathlon Series title and cementing her spot as the current leader in the Columbia Threadneedle rankings. Her win means Bermuda has become the 10th country to claim a WTC gold medal, and Duffy... Read more of this article
Flora Duffy Wins World Triathlon Stockholm
Bermuda’s Flora Duffy won the Vattenfall World Triathlon Stockholm in Sweden today [July 2], with her gold medal win cementing her spot as the current reigning leader in the Columbia Threadneedle rankings. Speaking on earning her first WTS gold, Duffy said, “I have been trying and trying to win one of these and today when I was out there on the... Read more of this article
Duffy Wins Silver Medal At World Triathlon Leeds
[Updated] Bermuda’s Flora Duffy has made another outstanding showing, claiming a silver medal at the 2016 ITU Columbia Threadneedle World Triathlon Leeds held today [June 12] in England. The race included a two-lap wetsuit swim, a technical bike course and a four-lap 10km run in the city centre of Leeds. Duffy held the lead for most of the race,... Read more of this article
Flora Duffy Wins Bronze Medal In South Africa
Bermuda’s Flora Duffy has made another impressive showing, this time winning the bronze medal in the elite female category of the Discovery World Triathlon held today [April 24] in South Africa. The Discovery World Triathlon Cape Town has become one of the highlights on the ITU World Triathlon Series calendar and the elite course consists of a... Read more of this article
Flora Duffy Wins XTERRA Title In South Africa
[Updated with video] Bermuda’s Flora Duffy has claimed yet another international win, racing to victory in today’s [Feb 20] XTERRA South African Championships, finishing the 1.5km swim, 28km mountain bike and 12.5km trail run race in a time of 2 hours, 39 minutes and 8 seconds. “Getting my third victory in Grabouw is really cool,” says... Read more of this article
Video: ’10 Most’ Spotlights Triathlete Flora Duffy
The “10 Most Fascinating People of Bermuda 2015″ series continues today with the seventh video release featuring triathlete Flora Duffy, who has been dominating the international circuit with a string of wins, including consecutive Xterra World Championships titles. Host Lisa Pickering introduces Ms. Duffy by saying, “Already versed in running,... Read more of this article
Duffy Named “Most Versatile Endurance Athlete”
Triathlon website Babbittville has named its Endurance Athletes of the Year, with Bermuda’s Flora Duffy being named as the “Most Versatile Endurance Athlete” of 2015. The website said, “Flora Duffy, a two-time Olympian from Bermuda is more than just our Off-Road Dominator. She’s also definitely our Most Versatile Endurance... Read more of this article
Flora Duffy Wins Xterra World Championships
[Updated] Bermuda’s Flora Duffy has just successfully defended her Xterra World Championships title, crossing the line in just over 2 hours 54 minutes to claim her second consecutive world title this afternoon [Nov 1] in Hawaii. Photo courtesy of Xterra: After winning her first world title last year, Duffy said: “I’ve dreamed of being a... Read more of this article
Flora Duffy Wins ITU Cross Triathlon In Italy
Bermuda’s Flora Duffy continued her dominance on the world stage, racing to victory in today’s [Sept 26] Sardegna ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships in Italy. Photo of the top 3 [Duffy in center] courtesy of Federazione Italiana Triathlon Duffy finished the 1.5km swim, 31km off terrain bike and 9.6km cross country run race in a time... Read more of this article
