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Cecilia Wollmann insists she is not in Rio just to make up the numbers and believes the unpredictable conditions in Guanabara Bay could play to her advantage. Unlike the majority of her competitors in the Laser Radial class, Wollmann has the freedom ...

Cameron Pimentel has vowed to “leave nothing on the table” as he looks to dish out a few surprises against the best sailors in the world. Pimentel is making his Olympic debut in the Laser Radials in Guanabara Bay and admits he is more excited than da...

Jim Butterfield felt “like a lamb to the slaughter” before his Olympic debut — but believes Shelley Pearson is ready for her Rio test after a far more varied rowing eduction. Butterfield is a close friend of Shelley’s father Kevin Pearson, a former B...

Long jumper Tyrone Smith carried the Bermuda flag as he led the island’s athletes during the opening ceremony for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro last night. Our hopefuls wore red Bermuda shorts as they waved to the crowds, with commentators men...

The battle for Olympic medals will take place in 32 venues in Rio, plus five football co-host cities: Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Manaus, Salvador and São Paulo. Here we take a closer look at the venues where Bermuda’s athletes will bid for glory. Ath...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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’...