Guernsey's Bown wins more Island Games gold medals
Athletics golds for Guernsey
Guernsey won two more athletics gold medals on the penultimate day of competition.Rhiannon Dowinton came first in the 100m hurdles as her personal best time of 14.53 was more than half-a-second quicker than Isle of Wight's silver medallist Sophie Hogton.Guernsey's Victoria Hancock won bronze in a time of 15.56 seconds. For Hancock it was a third medal at Orkney 2025 after winning long jump gold and breaking the Guernsey triple jump record to win bronze on Sunday. "I wasn't really expecting it. I was aiming for it, so I'm really proud of myself for just getting down there and getting my last medal," said Hancock, who also won bronze two years ago."The last couple of medals that I got were a bit of a surprise, so having got bronze last time in hurdles it was what I was aiming for this time."Meanwhile Chris Bain won the men's 5,000m in 15:13.55 - just under two seconds in front of Bermuda's Jake Brislane and Julian Gregersen came third for the Faroe Islands.
There was more success for Guernsey's archers as they won silver in the recurve head to head team knockout. Lisa Gray, Monika Komla and Jason Le Page were just edged out by Faroe Islands in the final as they lost 5-4.The Sarnians had beaten Channel Island rivals Jersey 6-2 in the semi-finals.Meanwhile Guernsey's mountain bikers won team cross country bronze. The team of Seth Davey, Mark Ferbrache, Mark Le Page, Peter Sargent and Charlie Tourtel were third behind gold medallists jersey and second-placed Isle of Man. Davey was Guernsey's highest finisher in 11th place as Le Page was 12th and Tourtal came 13th.
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