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“It was just unbelievable”: Family and friends of Bermuda’s first Olympic gold medalist celebrate

Triathlete Flora Duffy has made history as the first person from Bermuda to win gold at the Olympics. Her parents describe in an interview from Bermuda how they were blown away by the crowd watching her at a pub on the tiny island.

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