Flora Duffy made Olympic history on Tuesday, winning the women's triathlon in Tokyo to give the tiny island of Bermuda its first gold medal. Duffy, 33, won in a time of 1:55.36 ahead of Britain's Georgia Taylor-Brown, with American Katie Zaferes taking the bronze. Her success makes Bermuda the smallest nation in terms of population – about 70,000 – to win a medal at the Summer Games. In a race delayed by 15 minutes because of slippery conditions after heavy rain overnight, Duffy took control in the final running section. She opened up a lead of almost a minute after the first of four laps and was never under threat from then on. Taylor-Brown had a flat rear tyre in the cycling section. Bermuda's only previous Olympic medallist was boxer Clarence Hill in 1976.
