Where is Bermuda? Flora Duffy wins Tokyo Olympic gold for island as Team GB’s Georgia Taylor-Brown takes triathlon silver

Georgia Taylor-Brown overcame a tropical tycoon, a flat tyre and pre-game injury to win a silver medal
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Georgia Taylor-Brown, 27, overcame a puncture to win silver for Great Britain in a wet women’s triathlon.

Taylor-Brown went into the race as the reigning world champion and one of the favourites for the title but had to play catch-up on the 10 kilometres run after getting a flat tyre on the last lap of the bike leg.

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At a glance: 5 key facts

- The race finally began 15 minutes late because of wet and windy conditions caused by tropical storm Nepartak

- Late on the final lap of the 40 kilometres bike leg, Taylor-Brown heard a hissing from her tyre and lost 22 seconds before setting out on the 10km run and quickly overtaking team-mate Jess Learmonth

Great Britain's Georgia Taylor-Brown celebrates with her silver medal after the Women's Triathlon at the Odaiba Marine Park on the fourth day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan (PA)Great Britain's Georgia Taylor-Brown celebrates with her silver medal after the Women's Triathlon at the Odaiba Marine Park on the fourth day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan (PA)
Great Britain's Georgia Taylor-Brown celebrates with her silver medal after the Women's Triathlon at the Odaiba Marine Park on the fourth day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan (PA)

- The silver medalist revealed she was on crutches 12 weeks ago after a stress response in her femur and feared she might not make it

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- Taylor-Brown had to go through a test to prove her fitness a week before flying out to Tokyo and was thrilled to come away with a silver medal

- Flora Duffy became Bermuda’s first ever Olympic champion

What’s been said

The 27-year-old from Manchester claimed second place after overcoming a flat tyre (PA)The 27-year-old from Manchester claimed second place after overcoming a flat tyre (PA)
The 27-year-old from Manchester claimed second place after overcoming a flat tyre (PA)

“I did have a panic. I decided not to stop and change my wheel and just see what happens now.

“I went really hard for the first lap of the run. I suffered after that but it paid off. I was biding my time, I was five seconds off (Zaferes) for quite a while. I didn’t want to push it too soon because I was really suffering but I really wanted to move up and get the silver medal.

“I didn’t have the speed that Flora had today, no way. I’m more than happy with silver.”

Georgia Taylor-Brown

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Taylor-Brown’s injury even had a silver lining as it meant she did more swim training, and getting in the front group of seven going on to the bike leg proved crucial.

The silver medalist had won Britain’s seventh triathlon medal over the last three Olympics and recorded the best result for a British woman.

Meanwhile Flora Duffy became Bermuda’s first Olympic champion. Bermuda is a self-governing British overseas territory in the western North Atlantic Ocean – made up 7 main islands, connected by bridges. It’s an English speaking country but some Portuguese is also spoken.

Great Britain now sits in fifth place in the leadership table – with four gold, five silver and one bronze medal following efforts from Tom Dean, Tom Daley, Matty Lee, Tom Pidcock and Adam Peaty.

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