New Zealand loves a per capita rating however if there was a Gold Medal for Olympic medals per head of population, Bermuda would be at the top of the table. After being lapped in the triathlon in Beijing, thirty-three year old Flora Duffy came back yesterday winning Bermuda's first ever gold medal and breaking its 45 year drought. The island, which measures 20 square miles, has a population of just over 70,000. And as Matthew Theunissen discovered, the place to watch the race was the Docksider Pub and Restaurant in the Bermudan capital of Hamilton. He spoke with publican Reed Young shortly after Flora's historic win.
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