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Bermuda set for ITU Grand Final bid

World champion Duffy is lending a hand in Bermuda's bid

A Bermuda delegation will present the island’s bid to host the 2020 International Triathlon Union World Grand Final before the ITU Executive Board in Madrid tomorrow.

Bermuda is bidding against two other venues for the major sports event, with Flora Duffy, who won this year’s race in Cozumel, Mexico, expected to be among the group in the Spanish capital.

Should Bermuda be successful in its bid, the island would also be guaranteed to host two World Series races in 2018 and 2019.

As many as 1,200 competitors — 150 of them elite athletes — could take part in each of the series events, while a huge field of 3,000 could race in the Grand Final, attracting as many as 10,000 visitors, including friends, family, members of the media and officials.

The other members of the delegation are Senator Michael Fahy, the tourism minister, Phillip Schmidt, a media consultant, and Christian Toetzke, a marketing executive.

Bermuda should know its fate by Tuesday.

UPDATE: this story has been amended to confirm that Grant Gibbons and Sylvan Richards are not in Spain with the Bermuda bid attempt.