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‘It’s not just her dreams - all our dreams have come true’

Flora Duffy’s exploits in Tokyo have been described as “inspirational” by some of the island’s top athletes. And there have been calls to name part of the National Sports Centre in her honour and in recognition of her groundbreaking performance. Olym...
Jul 28, 2021
General

Did Flora celebrate her medal with champagne? Not exactly ...

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...
Jul 28, 2021
General

In Bermuda and overseas, Twitter lights up over Flora

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...
Jul 28, 2021
General

What the world’s media said about Bermuda’s golden girl

From Oldham in the north of England, to the Australian outback and back to New York, Flora Duffy’s gold in the Tokyo Olympics was headline news. In the UK, The Guardian acclaimed Flora’s stunning victory and drew attention to the size of Bermuda, not...
Jul 28, 2021
General

‘She’s just the best in the world’

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...
Jul 27, 2021
General

Clarence Hill: ‘For all these years, I believed’

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...
Jul 27, 2021
General

Bermuda’s leaders praise Flora Duffy’s historic gold medal

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...
Jul 27, 2021
General

Flora Duffy storms to Olympic gold

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...
Jul 26, 2021
General

You go girl! Flora gets wave of good luck messages

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...
Jul 26, 2021
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