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Bermuda’s new prominence as the smallest country to win an Olympic medal in the Summer Games last just two days after Flora Duffy won the gold medal in the triathlon.
But the island’s claim to be the smallest country by population to win a gold meda...
DATE: Jul 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Corrie Cross has become only the third Royal Bermuda Regiment woman to complete a tough officer’s commissioning course at the prestigious Royal Military College at Sandhurst.
Officer Cadet Cross and Officer Cadet Scott Brown, 36, had their passing o...
DATE: Jul 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Police have located a teen who was reported missing by his family the day before the Cup Match holiday.
Equan Richardson, 17, was said to be safe and well.
Police thanked the public for their assistance.
DATE: Jul 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
When Flora Duffy embarked on her sporting odyssey, she was just like Bermuda: small in stature but punching well above her weight.
Troy Custodio, who began training her at Port Royal Primary School when she was just five, recalled: “She just turned...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Firefighters extinguished a blaze at a home on So far Lane in St David’s yesterday.
According to a spokesman for the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service, two appliances from the Clearwater and Hamilton stations were called to the scene at about 3.30pm.
T...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
In her graduate year at Warwick Academy, Flora Duffy said as her yearbook quote: “Dream as if you’ll live for ever, live as if you’ll die tomorrow.”
On Monday night, Warwick Academy revelled in the joy of her Olympic victory after Ms Duffy did just t...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
After making history with a sensational Olympic gold medal win, Flora Duffy was celebrating in Tokyo in typical style when elated parents Charlie and Maria Duffy called from Bermuda.
“She was back in her hotel room, just relaxing with room service, e...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government is considering options for how to commemorate Flora Duffy’s landmark gold medal victory.
A Government spokeswoman yesterday promised there would be a “fitting celebration” of her historic accomplishment at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, b...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sports bodies across the island sung Flora Duffy’s praises yesterday after her historic gold medal-winning performance at the Tokyo Olympics.
Donna Raynor, the president of the Bermuda National Athletics Association, said that Ms Duffy’s triumph in t...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
In Bermuda and around the world, Twitter lit up with praise for Flora Duffy after her gold in the triathlon at the Tokyo Olympics.
‘Flora’ was trending in Bermuda with almost 30,000 tweets, ‘triathlon’ was also trending with 14,500 tweets.
Here is a...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff