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Olympic rower Dara Alizadeh has followed up his heroics at Tokyo 2020 by getting to the semi-finals of the Diamond Sculls Challenge at the world-famous Henley Regatta in Oxfordshire, England.
The 27-year-old Bermudian sculler representing Cambridge U...
DATE: Aug 16, 2021
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Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
Dara Alizadeh bowed out of the Olympic Games in Tokyo on Thursday night knowing that he had given his all.
The 27-year-old Bermudian may have finished last of six starters in the C final but came away from his first Olympic appearance with the distin...
DATE: Jul 31, 2021
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Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
Dara Alizadeh heads into his last race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo today with another crack at glory after qualifying for the C final of the men’s single sculls.
The Bermuda rower finished third in the C/D semi-finals on the Sea Forest Waterway wit...
DATE: Jul 29, 2021
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Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
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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General
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Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
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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General
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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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General
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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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General
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
Bermuda rower Dara Alizadeh’s Olympic debut ended with a fourth-place finish in the men’s single sculls preliminary heats at the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo last night.
Alizadeh completed the 2,000-metre distance in 7min 34.96sec but needed to place...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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General
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
Spirit Of Bermuda’s handlers have been forced to go back to the drawing board after plans to race in the South of France had to be scrapped this week.
The three-year-old filly, just off a storming victory at Newmarket, was earmarked to go up in trip ...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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General
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport
Rower Dara Alizadeh will carry the Bermuda flag when the Olympic Games begin in earnest with the opening ceremony in Tokyo in five days’ time.
Alizadeh, who will make his Olympic debut hours earlier in the single sculls heats, will be accompanied by ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2021
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General
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AUTHOR:
Dexter Smith, Head of Sport