OLYMPICS

Bulletins from or athletes in Beijing

Amid the glut of reports coming out of Beijing over the next week it could be tough to sift through the smog and find the stories that really count - the accounts from the athletes themselves.

Aitken is in the swim of things

Kiera Aitken isn't your average Olympic hopeful, having already competed in the 2004 Olympics; she is headed back to the pool in Beijing to make a splash.

Let the Games begin!

Bermuda's 100m freestyle swimmer Roy Allen Burch hopes to take a 'big chunk' out of his personal best when he makes his Olympic debut at 'The Cube' next week.

New suit helping swimmers glide through the water

It's revolutionized swimming, been responsible for a slew of world records and caused numerous athletes to break their contracts with other swim-suit designers.

Stevenson's Olympic run burns brightly

As 15-year-old Katie Stevenson ran through the streets of Lindsay, Ontario, clasping the Olympic Torch, only one thing was going through her mind, "Don't drop this Katie, don't drop this!"
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Murphy: there was a great sense of camaraderie

Tucker Murphy recently made history as the first Bermudian cross-country skier to compete in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver

Special Olympians win 53 medals in Delaware

Bermuda’s athletes blew the competition away at this month’s Special Olympics in Delaware.

Digicel official sponsor for Bermuda's Olympic athletes

Digicel has come on board as an official sponsor for the Bermuda Olympic Association in the 2012 London Games, it was announced on Tuesday.

Jesse shows brotherly love

Zander Kirkland felt humbled after his brother Jesse passed the honour of being Bermuda's flag bearer to him, Don Burgess reported on Friday

'I have always had a love and passion for horses'

Equestrian Jillian Terceira hopes her experience from the Beijing Games and a top 10 performance at the Pan Am Games will help her make the jumping finals on August 8.
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Kirklands off to shaky start at Olympics

Bermudian sailors Jesse and Zander Kirkland did not finish their first race at the London 2012 Olympics on Monday and were 19th in the second.

Kirkland brothers move up one spot

Jesse and Zander Kirkland did not finish their fifth race and finished 12th in their sixth race.

Smith qualifies for Olympic long jump final

Tyrone Smith saved his best for last today and reeled off a season best 7.97m long jump to qualify for the finals.

Heartache crash for Duffy

A crash and a mechanical problem hurt any chances of a top performance by Flora Duffy in the women's Olympic triathlon in Hyde Park on Saturday.

Butterfield finishes 34th in triathlon

Tyler Butterfield finished 34th in a field of 55 on Tuesday in the men's Olympic triathlon in London.
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The Bermuda Sun bids farewell...

JUL 30, 2014: It marked the end of an era as our printers and collators produced the very last edition of the Bermuda Sun.

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