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Article: Duffy fails to finish but looks ahead to 2012 glory ; Kelly college pupil Flora Duffy was left in tears after her Olympic triathlon debut ended in bitter disappointment.
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- Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
- Article date:
- August 19, 2008
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Kelly college pupil Flora Duffy was left in tears after her
Olympic triathlon debut ended in bitter disappointment.
Duffy, representing Bermuda, was one of a number of athletes
ejected from the competition two thirds of the way through, after
being lapped during the two-hour event.
In the cruel world of top-level triathlon, any participant who is
lapped at any point of the competition automatically has to pull out
of the race.
The event involved ten laps after the 1,500 metres swim - six
cycling and four running.
Duffy, who finished eighth in the 2006 Commonwealth Games, was
just completing the last of her six cycling when she was overtaken
by the leaders, who had just completed the first of ...
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