Flora Duffy has already been awarded an OBE for services to Bermudan sport and now, having added the country's first Olympic gold medal to her sparkling CV, she will hope things pan out better than for the island's only other Games medallist.
After collecting a heavyweight boxing bronze in 1976 Clarence Hill's life spiralled downwards into drugs and he eventually served jail time for dugs offences and armed robbery.Duffy, it is safe to assume, is destined for better things and has already been feted on Twitter by the country's Premier David Burt after her superb victory in Tuesday's Olympic triathlon.
"We are a small country but are very concentrated on sport," she said."I'm so grateful to achieve a personal thing but its bigger than me and that's a cool moment. It will inspire the youth of Bermuda and show that competing on the world stage from a small island is really possible. Three world championships across various triathlon disciples that year and a Commonwealth gold in 2018 underlined her quality as one of the very best in the sport but it was the Olympics that drove her and, at 33, she knew Tokyo was going to be her last chance.
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