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Flora Duffy said this was her last shot and she took it.
There may have been few spectators in Tokyo but all of Bermuda was cheering on Bermuda’s golden girl as she ran into the history books and smashed the Olympic record at the same time.
In the en...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Bermuda’s first Olympic medal-winner, Clarence Hill, said last night that his faith in the island’s talents had been borne out by Flora Duffy’s triumph in Tokyo.
The boxing heavyweight who brought home a bronze win from the 1976 Montreal Games said o...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A national celebration awaits gold medal winner Flora Duffy on her return home from last night’s triumph in Tokyo.
David Burt, the Premier, declared that all of Bermuda looked forward to commemorating the island’s second-ever Olympic win and the firs...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who was rescued by the US Coast Guard in 2014 trying to travel from Florida to Bermuda by sea in a floating bubble, has drifted ashore trying to “walk” to New York from Florida.
Reza Baluchi, a marathon runner and Iranian exile, was featured o...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Flora Duffy was already Bermuda’s golden girl before she set off on the Olympic women’s triathlon tonight, but she is now simply solid gold after destroying a world-class field in Tokyo.
The 33-year-old dominated the race almost immediately after fi...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
The Royal Gazette received dozens of good luck messages for triathlete Flora Duffy, who is one of the medal favourites for the women’s event at the Tokyo Olympics tonight.
Ms Duffy, whose race starts at 6.30pm Bermuda time, is the Commonwealth G...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Nadine Dillas looked out with visible pride at the crowds enjoying the music and browsing outdoor stalls at yesterday’s Court Street Festival.
“We have made it happen,” said the member of the group Empowered Shopping Village, which organised the eve...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
It has come to this. Twenty-three years of hard graft since age 10, full of thrills and spills —and the occasional heartbreak — have brought Flora Duffy to the brink of joining the pantheon of greats.
Not only in the Bermuda context, but globally. Fo...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
Dara Alizadeh’s bid for Olympic glory was ended last night when he finished fifth in the men’s single sculls quarter-final at the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo.
The Bermudian clocked 7min 35.73sec over the 2,000-metre distance, but was more than 15 se...
DATE: Jul 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
Dara Alizadeh booked his place in the quarter-finals of the Olympic men’s single sculls with a row last night at the Sea Forest Waterway that marked an improvement on his debut effort 24 hours earlier.
Dumped into the second-chance repechage, a serie...
DATE: Jul 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport