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Julian Fletcher has revealed he came close to quitting swimming after narrowly failing to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics. Believing his Olympic dream was over, having missed the 100 metres breaststroke standard by six tenths of a second, Fletch...

Julian Fletcher finished third in his heat of the 100 metres breaststroke at the Aquatics Stadium at the Barra Olympic Park today. The 25-year-old, who was making his Olympic debut, finished heat one in a time of 1min 2.73sec behind winner Radomyos M...

Perched at the peak of Mount Corcovado, Christ the Redeemer peered on approvingly from high above the Maracanã Stadium during last night's Olympic Games opening ceremony. Visible from almost everywhere in Rio, the outstretched arms of the iconi...

Shelley Pearson opened Bermuda’s contribution to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with a sterling third-place finish in the women’s single sculls this morning. The 25-year-old battled through the choppy waters of Lagoa Rodrigo de Freita in th...

If anyone is qualified to give perspective on Julian Fletcher and Rebecca Heyliger’s Olympic Games journeys it is Bermuda coach Ben Smith. Smith has guided the pair all the way through their swimming careers from eight-year-olds to qualification for ...

Clarence Hill admits he feels like “the forgotten man” of Bermuda sport despite achieving a feat that no other island athlete has accomplished by winning an Olympic medal. Hill is not beloved or revered in a way befitting of a man who became Bermuda’...

Cecilia Wollmann was chosen as the torchbearer for the Americas region, with the Bermudian sailor carrying the Olympic torch through the Athletes’ Village yesterday. Wollmann, 18, is the youngest of the island’s eight-team squad and will be making he...

Shelley Pearson will raise the curtain for Bermuda’s athletes at the Rio Olympics when she takes to the waters of the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freita in the single scull rowing heats tomorrow morning. Pearson will likely be among only a handful of rowers att...

Clarence Hill has thrown his support behind Flora Duffy and backed her to deliver a knockout performance in Rio and win Bermuda’s first Olympic medal in 40 years. Hill remains Bermuda’s greatest Olympian as the only athlete to achieve a podium finish...

A new cycle of fresh-faced athletes will march behind the Bermuda flag during the Parade of Nations in tonight’s Olympic Games opening ceremony. Bermuda will have half a dozen debutants in Rio in the form of sailors Cecilia Wollmann and Cameron Pimen...