TOKYO -- Flora Duffy won Tuesday's women's triathlon, becoming the first Bermudian to win a gold medal in Olympics history.Duffy, 33, crossed the finish line in 1 hour 55:36 minutes. This was more than one minute faster than Georgia Taylor-Brown, second place finisher from Great Britain. Bronze was awarded to Katie Zaferes, USA.Duffy's gold is only the second Olympic medal for Bermuda (an island of 64,000 people). Clarence Hill was awarded a bronze medal for boxing in 1976.Duffy made her fourth Olympic appearance. Her previous best finish was a eighth-place finish from 2016. In 2016, and 2017, she won the ITU World Triathlon titles. She has also been ranked as high at No. She is ranked No. 1 in the world.Duffy spoke candidly about Olympic glory in a 2019 interview with ESPN.She said, "It would have been huge to win a medal." "Not only for me, but for this entire island."The triumph of Duffy was immediately praised by Bermuda's premier E. David Burt.Burt tweeted, "Congratulations Flora Duffy." "You've done so much and made the entire island proud.Duffy previously stated that this would be her last Olympic Games.
