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DATE: Aug 06, 2016
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Eight athletes will represent Bermuda in six different disciplines at the Rio Olympics, while two more will represent the island at the Paralympics next month. Stephen Wright takes a closer look at our 2016 Olympians.
Tyrone Smith
Sport: Athletics
At...
DATE: Aug 06, 2016
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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...
DATE: Aug 06, 2016
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Stephen Wright
Nahki Wells has been ruled out of Huddersfield Town’s 2016-17 Sky Bet Championship season opener at home to Brentford.
The Bermuda striker has been struggling with a knee injury during the preseason and has been declared unfit for today’s clash at Jo...
DATE: Aug 06, 2016
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Football
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
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...
DATE: Aug 06, 2016
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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...
DATE: Aug 06, 2016
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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...
DATE: Aug 06, 2016
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Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
Janeiro Tucker has ruled out the possibility of coming out of Cup Match retirement.
Shortly after being officially named as the 2016 Cup Match MVP at yesterday’s award ceremony at sponsor Stevedoring Services Limited, Tucker stuck by his original dec...
DATE: Aug 05, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
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 ...
DATE: Aug 05, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
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’...
DATE: Aug 05, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright