The reigning Olympic, World and Commonwealth Champion Dame Flora Duffy has won the Women’s Triathlon.
Was that ever in doubt? The 34-year-old has absolutely streaked clear on the run and raises her arms aloft after collecting a flag of Bermuda as she crosses the winning line all by herself.
Defending champion Dame Duffy and World Series leader Georgia Taylor-Brown came into the run neck and neck, but in the end the defending champion Duffy held a chunky 16-second lead after the first of two laps of the run course.
Duffy showing the determination to take her crown back to Bermuda, with a time of 55:25.
Duffy clocked 9:22 on the Swim, 28:17 on the Bike Course, before clocking a time of 16:32 on the Run Course.
Erica Hawley also competed finishing 16th with a time of 58:29, Hawley clocked 9:41 on the Swim, she then clocked 29:16 on the Bike, before finishing the Run Course in a time of 18:07.
Duffy said, “No-one has ever won twice and that was weighing on me. The crowd was really behind Taylor-Brown but I was soaking it up and it was really special.
“It’s been a really strange start to the year and coming off the Olympics, and having Covid twice, but I knew if I gave myself time and patience I could put on a good performance here.
“I don’t know that I was comfortable – that was a brutal run course but once you got up it it wasn’t too far to finish and I soaked in the crowd.”
“It’s really special and I was laughing when it was us too at the front – I thought ‘of course it’s us.”
Any content which is considered unsuitable, unlawful, or offensive, includes personal details, advertises or promotes products, services or websites, or repeats previous comments will be removed.
User comments posted on this website are solely the views and opinions of the comment writer and are not a representation of or reflection of the opinions of TNN or its staff.
TNN reserves the right to remove, edit or censor any comments.
TNN accepts no liability and will not be held accountable for the comments made by users.
Story courtesy of IslandStats.com