Bermuda s First Olympic Gold Just Unbelievable : Triathlete s Parents
07/27/21 AT 8:54 PM
The delivery of Bermuda s first ever Olympic gold medal on Tuesday by triathlete Flora Duffy is a victory shared by the whole island, her parents told AFP. Everybody s going to take a piece of this pride, said Maria Duffy, Flora s mother.
Flora Duffy won the first gold of the day Tuesday at the Tokyo Olympics for the women s event, making Bermuda the smallest territory or nation in terms of population ever to win a gold medal at a Summer Games.
The 33-year-old crossed the line in 1hr 55min 36sec, after traversing a distance of more than 30 miles (50 kilometers), around 10 miles longer than her home island, to beat out Britain s Georgia Taylor-Brown, with US athlete Katie Zaferes taking bronze.
Did Flora celebrate her medal with champagne? Not exactly
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