Triathlete Flora Duffy celebrates after winning Bermuda’s first-ever Olympic gold
TOKYO – Triathlete Flora Duffy revelled in a “cool moment” after delivering the first Olympic gold medal in history for the tiny island of Bermuda in Tokyo on Tuesday.
The 33-year-old crossed the line in the women’s race in 1hr 55min 36sec, more than a minute ahead of Britain’s Georgia Taylor-Brown, with US athlete Katie Zaferes taking bronze.
Duffy’s success makes Bermuda the smallest nation or territory in terms of population — around 70,000 — ever to win a gold medal at a Summer Games.
“I have achieved my dream of winning a gold medal, but also winning Bermuda’s first gold medal,” she said.
“It’s bigger than me and that’s a really cool moment. That was the longest kilometre of my life (the final one of the run).
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