Olympics-Triathlon-Duffy dreams of gold, history says don't bank on it

[ASFN Admin]

The heart says this is Flora Duffy's moment but Olympic triathlon history suggests that the chances of the Bermudan securing instant national icon status with her country's first gold medal in any sport remain in the lap of the gods. Ever since Australia opened the 2000 Games with the women's triathlon in the sure belief that home favourite Michellie Jones would triumph in the sport's Olympic debut only to see her finish second behind Switzerland's Brigitte McMahon, things have rarely followed the plot. Duffy knows all about that, having travelled to Rio in 2016 as a strong contender and hoping to become her country's second Olympic medallist after Clarence Hill took a heavyweight boxing bronze in 1976.

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