Summary Flora Duffy stormed to victory in women's triathlon to win first gold medal of Commonwealth Games.
GOLD COAST (AFP) - World champion Flora Duffy of Bermuda stormed to victory in the women s triathlon to win the first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games on Thursday.
Duffy was neck-and-neck with England s Jessica Learmonth after the bike leg but she pulled away over the 5km run to finish in 56min 50sec.
Learmonth crossed the line 43 seconds later with Canada s Joanna Brown third in the sprint-distance event, which is half the length of an Olympic course.
England s Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, the 2016 Olympics gold and silver medallists, are favourites in the men s race later on Thursday.
The triathlon follows Wednesday s colourful opening ceremony, which flagged off 11 days of action involving more than 4,000 athletes from 71 nations and territories.
