TRIATHLETES Karen Smith and Flora Duffy along with gymnast Kaisey Griffiths will be allowed to compete in March's Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.

But it is bad news for triathletes Evan and Riann Naude and Jamie Brown whose applications for dispensation was turned down by the Commonwealth Games Association, said Judy Simons, secretary general of the Bermuda Olympic Association yesterday.

Meanwhile cyclist Lynn Patchett's appeal to be allowed to compete for Bermuda is still under review.

After training so hard for the Games, the athletes were recently informed that the eligibility rules had been changed.