{"id":15248,"date":"2022-06-28T16:32:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T14:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/?p=105677"},"modified":"2022-06-28T16:51:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T14:51:14","slug":"flora-duffy-missing-bike-no-race-no-worlds-slot","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/rss_feed\/flora-duffy-missing-bike-no-race-no-worlds-slot\/","title":{"rendered":"Flora Duffy: \u201cMissing bike. No race. No Worlds slot\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Kate Milsom\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 28 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><strong>Bermuda\u2019s golden girl, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/news\/athletes\/who-is-flora-duffy\/&quot;\">Flora Duffy<\/a>, has taken to Instagram this week to voice her disappointment at missing out on racing at Ironman 70.3 Mont Tremblant over the weekend. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now Covid-free and in fighting shape, Duffy had planned to put it all on the line in an attempt to quality for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships before the qualification window closes in under two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Taking off from Denver with <em>Air Canada<\/em>, Montreal in her sights, Duffy discovered upon landing that her bike and disc wheel had not been packed onto the plane by airline personnel.<\/p>\n<section class=\"&quot;highlight\"><div class=\"&quot;highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> <ul><li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/news\/womens-olympic-triathlon-flora-duffy-wins-gold-in-tokyo\/&quot;\">Flora Duffy wins Olympic women\u2019s gold at Tokyo 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/news\/wtcs-final-taylor-knibb-enjoys-stunning-solo-success-as-flora-duffy-seals-olympic-world-title-double\/&quot;\">Flora Duffy seals Olympic-World title double<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/news\/athletes\/interview-flora-duffys-incredible-2021-and-future-plans\/&quot;\">Flora Duffy\u2019s incredible 2021 and future plans<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p> <\/p><\/div> <\/section><p>The decorated athlete took to Instagram to voice her confusion, then disappointment at having to miss what was a crucial race for her racing season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not start Mont Tremblant 70.3 this morning, my bike did not arrive\u2026my bags made it but my bike and disc wheel did not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The next day her disc wheel arrived in the early hours ahead of the race, but still there was no bike to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe airport was absolute chaos, there\u2019s just bags everywhere. It\u2019s crazy\u201d, expresses Duffy in a later <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CfR7Qv7As9X\/&quot;\">Instagram video<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;instagram-media&quot;\" style=\"&quot;background:\" border:=\"\" border-radius:=\"\" box-shadow:=\"\" rgba=\"\" margin:=\"\" max-width:=\"\" min-width:=\"\" padding:=\"\" width:=\"\" calc=\"\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CfR7Qv7As9X\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading&quot;\" data-instgrm-version=\"&quot;14&quot;\">\n<div style=\"&quot;padding:\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"&quot;display:\" flex=\"\" flex-direction:=\"\" row=\"\" align-items:=\"\" center=\"\">\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" border-radius:=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" height:=\"\" margin-right:=\"\" width:=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;display:\" flex=\"\" flex-direction:=\"\" column=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" justify-content:=\"\" center=\"\">\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" border-radius:=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" height:=\"\" margin-bottom:=\"\" width:=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" border-radius:=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" height:=\"\" width:=\"\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"&quot;padding:\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;display:\" block=\"\" height:=\"\" margin:=\"\" auto=\"\" width:=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;padding-top:\">\n<div style=\"&quot;color:\" font-family:=\"\" arial=\"\" font-size:=\"\" font-style:=\"\" normal=\"\" font-weight:=\"\" line-height:=\"\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"&quot;padding:\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;display:\" flex=\"\" flex-direction:=\"\" row=\"\" margin-bottom:=\"\" align-items:=\"\" center=\"\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" border-radius:=\"\" height:=\"\" width:=\"\" transform:=\"\" translatex=\"\" translatey=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" height:=\"\" transform:=\"\" rotate=\"\" translatex=\"\" translatey=\"\" width:=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" margin-right:=\"\" margin-left:=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" border-radius:=\"\" height:=\"\" width:=\"\" transform:=\"\" translatex=\"\" translatey=\"\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"&quot;margin-left:\">\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" border-radius:=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" height:=\"\" width:=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;width:\" height:=\"\" border-top:=\"\" solid=\"\" transparent=\"\" border-left:=\"\" border-bottom:=\"\" transform:=\"\" translatex=\"\" translatey=\"\" rotate=\"\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"&quot;margin-left:\" auto=\"\">\n<div style=\"&quot;width:\" border-top:=\"\" solid=\"\" border-right:=\"\" transparent=\"\" transform:=\"\" translatey=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" flex-grow:=\"\" height:=\"\" width:=\"\" transform:=\"\" translatey=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;width:\" height:=\"\" border-top:=\"\" solid=\"\" border-left:=\"\" transparent=\"\" transform:=\"\" translatey=\"\" translatex=\"\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"&quot;display:\" flex=\"\" flex-direction:=\"\" column=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" justify-content:=\"\" center=\"\" margin-bottom:=\"\">\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" border-radius:=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" height:=\"\" margin-bottom:=\"\" width:=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" border-radius:=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" height:=\"\" width:=\"\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"&quot;color:\" font-family:=\"\" arial=\"\" font-size:=\"\" line-height:=\"\" margin-bottom:=\"\" margin-top:=\"\" overflow:=\"\" hidden=\"\" padding:=\"\" text-align:=\"\" center=\"\" text-overflow:=\"\" ellipsis=\"\" white-space:=\"\" nowrap=\"nowrap\"><a style=\"&quot;color:\" font-family:=\"\" arial=\"\" font-size:=\"\" font-style:=\"\" normal=\"\" font-weight:=\"\" line-height:=\"\" text-decoration:=\"\" none=\"\" href=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CfR7Qv7As9X\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Flora Duffy (@floraduffy)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js&quot;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no bike so I couldn\u2019t start the race. People ask why I didn\u2019t borrow a bike. To be honest there wasn\u2019t that much time to try to sort out a bike, then of course you need shoes, cleats, pedals, dialling the position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I was just not comfortable riding a piece of equipment that was that foreign to me for 90km. I know my body and I know that would not be a good thing for me in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then running a half marathon off of riding a position that I was not comfortable in, I knew that would lead to bigger problems. That was just too much of a risk for me. And to be honest we did not have enough time to dial all that in because it actually takes a lot more work than just finding a bike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very disappointing to me because <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/news\/flora-duffy-to-race-70-3\/&quot;\">this was a big goal of mine this year to qualify for the 70.3 World Champs<\/a><\/strong> post-Olympics. I was really looking forward to mixing up my racing and exploring some long course.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve tried twice now twice to qualify: I tried in Chattanooga [Ironman 70.3] but I picked up Covid and could not start, and now my bike doesn\u2019t arrive for Mont Tremblant and the qualification period ends in two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The triathlon champion looks deflated, adding \u201cThat\u2019s my attempt at 70.3 Words done, but I guess I\u2019ll try again next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Duffy goes on to congratulate all who did manage to stand at the start line and thank those that greeted her around the event venue. She\u2019ll be sticking to Olympic-distance racing for the near future, with her next race set for WTCS Hamburg in just two weeks.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Georgia Taylor-Brown loses kit in transit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This is not an isolated incident, though. More stories have come to light over the past few days of elite athletes being separated from their luggage or important race equipment, putting their race prospects in jeopardy. One of these such athletes was <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/news\/athletes\/who-is-georgia-taylor-brown\/&quot;\">GB\u2019s Olympic star, Georgia Taylor-Brown<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2022\/06\/Georgia-taylor-Brown-almost-misses-race-as-airline-loses-bags-85f9cdd.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2022\/06\/Georgia-taylor-Brown-almost-misses-race-as-airline-loses-bags-85f9cdd.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2022\/06\/Georgia-taylor-Brown-almost-misses-race-as-airline-loses-bags-85f9cdd.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2022\/06\/Georgia-taylor-Brown-almost-misses-race-as-airline-loses-bags-85f9cdd.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2022\/06\/Georgia-taylor-Brown-almost-misses-race-as-airline-loses-bags-85f9cdd.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2022\/06\/Georgia-taylor-Brown-almost-misses-race-as-airline-loses-bags-85f9cdd.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2022\/06\/Georgia-taylor-Brown-almost-misses-race-as-airline-loses-bags-85f9cdd.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2022\/06\/Georgia-taylor-Brown-almost-misses-race-as-airline-loses-bags-85f9cdd.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2022\/06\/Georgia-taylor-Brown-almost-misses-race-as-airline-loses-bags-85f9cdd.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2022\/06\/Georgia-taylor-Brown-almost-misses-race-as-airline-loses-bags-85f9cdd.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2022\/06\/Georgia-taylor-Brown-almost-misses-race-as-airline-loses-bags-85f9cdd.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2022\/06\/Georgia-taylor-Brown-almost-misses-race-as-airline-loses-bags-85f9cdd.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2022\/06\/Georgia-taylor-Brown-almost-misses-race-as-airline-loses-bags-85f9cdd.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2022\/06\/Georgia-taylor-Brown-almost-misses-race-as-airline-loses-bags-85f9cdd.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-105681\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/34\/2022\/06\/Georgia-taylor-Brown-almost-misses-race-as-airline-loses-bags-85f9cdd.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Having the right race kit is essential (Credit: Adam Pretty\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>As she took off for Montreal ahead of the weekend\u2019s racing with medal aspirations for the <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/news\/alex-yee-sprints-to-victory-in-montreal-world-series\/&quot;\">WTCS eliminator event<\/a><\/strong>, Taylor-Brown was bemused to find her apple air tracker indicating that her bag had never actually left the Heathrow Terminal.<\/p>\n<p>That soon turned to panic as the silver Olympic medallist landed on Canadian soil without her luggage and was forced to source a new set of kit in a matter of hours ahead of the race.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor-Brown says that the bag full of precious race kit in fact never left Heathrow for Canada. Now home after having <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/news\/taylor-brown-wins-montreal-wtcs-potter-finishes-third\/&quot;\">won the race despite using borrowed kit<\/a><\/strong>, there\u2019s still no sign of her luggage as Taylor-Brown desperately reaches out on both her Instagram stories and <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CfV-TUjKADA\/&quot;\">posts<\/a><\/strong> to get a hold of the airline or airport.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;instagram-media&quot;\" style=\"&quot;background:\" border:=\"\" border-radius:=\"\" box-shadow:=\"\" rgba=\"\" margin:=\"\" max-width:=\"\" min-width:=\"\" padding:=\"\" width:=\"\" calc=\"\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CfV-TUjKADA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading&quot;\" data-instgrm-version=\"&quot;14&quot;\">\n<div style=\"&quot;padding:\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"&quot;display:\" flex=\"\" flex-direction:=\"\" row=\"\" align-items:=\"\" center=\"\">\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" border-radius:=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" height:=\"\" margin-right:=\"\" width:=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;display:\" flex=\"\" flex-direction:=\"\" column=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" justify-content:=\"\" center=\"\">\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" border-radius:=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" height:=\"\" margin-bottom:=\"\" width:=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" border-radius:=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" height:=\"\" width:=\"\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"&quot;padding:\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;display:\" block=\"\" height:=\"\" margin:=\"\" auto=\"\" width:=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;padding-top:\">\n<div style=\"&quot;color:\" font-family:=\"\" arial=\"\" font-size:=\"\" font-style:=\"\" normal=\"\" font-weight:=\"\" line-height:=\"\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"&quot;padding:\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;display:\" flex=\"\" flex-direction:=\"\" row=\"\" margin-bottom:=\"\" align-items:=\"\" center=\"\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" border-radius:=\"\" height:=\"\" width:=\"\" transform:=\"\" translatex=\"\" translatey=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" height:=\"\" transform:=\"\" rotate=\"\" translatex=\"\" translatey=\"\" width:=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" margin-right:=\"\" margin-left:=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" border-radius:=\"\" height:=\"\" width:=\"\" transform:=\"\" translatex=\"\" translatey=\"\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"&quot;margin-left:\">\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" border-radius:=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" height:=\"\" width:=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;width:\" height:=\"\" border-top:=\"\" solid=\"\" transparent=\"\" border-left:=\"\" border-bottom:=\"\" transform:=\"\" translatex=\"\" translatey=\"\" rotate=\"\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"&quot;margin-left:\" auto=\"\">\n<div style=\"&quot;width:\" border-top:=\"\" solid=\"\" border-right:=\"\" transparent=\"\" transform:=\"\" translatey=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" flex-grow:=\"\" height:=\"\" width:=\"\" transform:=\"\" translatey=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;width:\" height:=\"\" border-top:=\"\" solid=\"\" border-left:=\"\" transparent=\"\" transform:=\"\" translatey=\"\" translatex=\"\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"&quot;display:\" flex=\"\" flex-direction:=\"\" column=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" justify-content:=\"\" center=\"\" margin-bottom:=\"\">\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" border-radius:=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" height:=\"\" margin-bottom:=\"\" width:=\"\"\/>\n<div style=\"&quot;background-color:\" border-radius:=\"\" flex-grow:=\"\" height:=\"\" width:=\"\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"&quot;color:\" font-family:=\"\" arial=\"\" font-size:=\"\" line-height:=\"\" margin-bottom:=\"\" margin-top:=\"\" overflow:=\"\" hidden=\"\" padding:=\"\" text-align:=\"\" center=\"\" text-overflow:=\"\" ellipsis=\"\" white-space:=\"\" nowrap=\"nowrap\"><a style=\"&quot;color:\" font-family:=\"\" arial=\"\" font-size:=\"\" font-style:=\"\" normal=\"\" font-weight:=\"\" line-height:=\"\" text-decoration:=\"\" none=\"\" href=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CfV-TUjKADA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Georgia Taylor-Brown (@georgiatb)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js&quot;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for all your messages over the past week; congratulations for the race &amp; concerns and support about my suitcase!<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@aircanada\u00a0were completely useless and we still haven\u2019t been able to get in touch with them, so my bag remains somewhere in T2\u00a0@heathrow_airport\u00a0, a week after it should have left.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut my sponsors\u00a0@iamspecialized_tri\u00a0&amp;\u00a0@newbalance\u00a0were straight on it and had kit delivered to me within 24 hours so I want to say THANK YOU to them! I couldn\u2019t have raced without them!!!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd also to the staff &amp; athletes at\u00a0@brittri\u00a0for lending me kit, taking control and making it a lot less stressful!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Air Canada<\/em> was approached for comments with no response.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Top image:<\/strong> Alexander Koerner\/Getty Images for ITU<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kate Milsom Published: Tuesday, 28 June 2022 at 12:00 am Bermuda\u2019s golden girl, Flora Duffy, has taken to Instagram this week to voice her disappointment at missing out on racing at Ironman 70.3 Mont Tremblant over the weekend. Now Covid-free and in fighting shape, Duffy had planned to put it all on the line [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":15249,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"4"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/06\/flora-duffy-missing-bike-no-race-no-worlds-slot-scaled.jpg",2560,1704,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/06\/flora-duffy-missing-bike-no-race-no-worlds-slot-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/06\/flora-duffy-missing-bike-no-race-no-worlds-slot-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/06\/flora-duffy-missing-bike-no-race-no-worlds-slot-768x511.jpg",768,511,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/06\/flora-duffy-missing-bike-no-race-no-worlds-slot-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/06\/flora-duffy-missing-bike-no-race-no-worlds-slot-1536x1022.jpg",1536,1022,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/06\/flora-duffy-missing-bike-no-race-no-worlds-slot-2048x1363.jpg",2048,1363,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Kate Milsom Published: Tuesday, 28 June 2022 at 12:00 am Bermuda\u2019s golden girl, Flora Duffy, has taken to Instagram this week to voice her disappointment at missing out on racing at Ironman 70.3 Mont Tremblant over the weekend. Now Covid-free and in fighting shape, Duffy had planned to put it all on the line&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/15248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}