BERMUDA OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES COMMONWEALTH GAMES TEAM
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Hamilton, Bermuda - 8 February, 2018: The Bermuda Olympic Association (“BOA”) today officially announced the names of the athletes and officials who will represent Bermuda at the XXI Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Bermuda will have eight athletes competing in four disciplines, as follows:
| Athletics: |
| Tyler Butterfield |
| Harold “Tre” Houston |
| Tyrone Smith |
| Kyle Webb |
| Cycling: |
| Flora Duffy |
| Squash: |
| Micah Franklin |
| Triathlon: |
| Tyler Butterfield |
| Flora Duffy |
| Erica Hawley |
| Tyler Smith |
Bermuda’s Chef-de-Mission for the Games is Katura Horton-Perinchief.
The 2018 Commonwealth Games will be held from 4 to 15 April 2018 in Gold Coast Australia and will be the most integrated Games in history, featuring 18 sports and 7 para sports, as well as an equal number of medals for men and women.
Bermuda first competed in the Commonwealth Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Canada and has only missed four editions of the Games. The country’s first medal came in Kingston in 1966 with John Morbey’s silver medal in men's long jump. The 1990 Games in Auckland produced the first gold for Bermuda when Clarence Saunders took gold in the men's high jump.
Murphy heading to Winter Games
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Tucker Murphy is set to become a three-times Olympian for Bermuda after qualifying for the Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, next month.
The cross-country skier, who represented Bermuda in Vancouver in 2010 and in Sochi, Russia, four years ago, has reached the B standard in the 15-kilometre freestyle.
Murphy, 36, has spent the past few months competing in Kandilli, Turkey, and Seefeld, Austria, in an attempt to reach his third successive Winter Olympics.
He will travel to Pyeongchang with his father, Mike Murphy, the president of the Bermuda Winter Ski Association, who will serve as the island’s chef de mission.
“Tucker got the lowest number of [qualifying] points he’s ever had since he started,” Murphy Sr said. “The lower the points, the better the result.
“He’s doing pretty well and he’s getting towards the first cut-off for the top, top groups, so he’s definitely improved.”
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BERMUDA TEAM FOR 2018 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES FINALISED
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Hamilton, Bermuda–—26 January 2018: The Bermuda Olympic Association (BOA) today officially announced the team that will represent Bermuda at the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang, Republic of Korea. The XXIII Olympic Winter Games are the eighth Winter Olympics in which Bermuda will participate.
Bermudian cross-country skier, Tucker Murphy, 36, will compete in the Men’s 15K Free Individual Start cross-country ski event.
The PyeongChang Games will be Mr. Murphy’s third Olympics. He also competed for Bermuda in the Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014 Winter Games.
Mr. Murphy will be accompanied by his Coach, Pepa Miloucheva, and Assistant Coach/Waxer Jeff Shaw, as well as Chef de Mission Lawrence (Mike) Murphy, and Sean Field-Lament who will be representing the Executive Board of the BOA, joining executive delegates from 206 other National Olympic Committees.
