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Roy-Allan Burch will not be retiring despite falling agonisingly short in his bid to reach the Olympic Games after a courageous comeback from a horrific training accident.
Burch made a miraculous recovery from a career-threatening injury, having rupt...
DATE: Aug 04, 2016
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Brenda Dale has stepped down as Bermuda’s chef de mission for the Olympic Games in Rio because of family reasons.
Dale, who is also the Bermuda Olympic Association vice-president, will be replaced by Carlos Lee, a long-serving BOA official who perfor...
DATE: Aug 02, 2016
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Tyrone Smith has expressed his frustration after finishing fifth in the long jump at the IAAF Diamond League London Anniversary Games.
Smith posted a best leap of 7.78 metres, which came in his second jump, having recorded jumps of 7.75 in his second...
DATE: Jul 25, 2016
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Artemis Racing emerged as event champions at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Chicago.
Perfect winds, cooler temperatures and a record-breaking crowd of more than 200,000 lining Chicago’s Navy Pier, combined to make Super Sunday, the fina...
DATE: Jun 13, 2016
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Cameron Pimentel looks set to make his Olympic Games bow after receiving a wild card to compete in Rio.
The 25-year-old sailor was unable to qualify for the Laser class through the normal competitive channel but has been awarded a wild card from the ...
DATE: May 30, 2016
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Shianne Smith is hopeful of qualifying for her first Olympic Games after switching from heptathlon to the 400-metres hurdles in a bid to improve her chances of reaching Rio.
The 30-year-old started her season at last week’s Bermuda Invitational Permi...
DATE: Apr 29, 2016
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Shelley Pearson’s rocky road to the Rio Olympics is a true tale of triumph over adversity.
Pearson will become the first Bermudian woman to compete in Olympic rowing when she takes to the water at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon in the heart of Rio thi...
DATE: Apr 27, 2016
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The Bermuda Olympic Association has been assured that the threat of the Zika virus will not pose a threat to the safety of its athletes at this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio.
Along with all other National Olympic Committees, the BOA has received reas...
DATE: Feb 25, 2016
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He may not be well-known in the island’s sporting circles just yet, but Suresh Black has been tipped to become the “special one” of Bermudian athletics.
Having spent the past 1½ years at school in Barbados, it is understandable that the 14-year-old s...
DATE: Feb 09, 2016
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Tyrone Smith does not expect the torn hamstring he sustained at his final meet of the season to affect his build-up for next year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
The Bermuda long jumper suffered the blow in his final warm-up jump at this month’s G...
DATE: Sep 25, 2015
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Stephen Wright