CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has extended congratulations to Bermuda’s Flora Duffy who won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the women’s individual Triathlon event.

“On behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) I offer heartiest congratulations to Ms Flora Duffy of Bermuda on her spectacular achievement of winning a gold medal in the Triathlon at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics,” LaRocque said.

“Ms Duffy’s inspirational victory in that arduous event is yet another example of Caribbean excellence and further evidence of the ability of small states like ours to compete and be successful in the global arena.”

Thirty-three-year-old Duffy, who was already the holder of nine world titles, has now claimed the country’s first ever Olympic gold medal.

She is the second Bermundan athlete to win an Olympic medal of any kind, after heavyweight boxer Clarence Hill won bronze at Montreal in 1976.