Triathlete Atkinson wins Jersey's first 2025 Island Games gold
Atkinson won the men's individual triathlon around Stromness Harbour in Orkney, finishing ahead of Gotland's silver-medallist Thomas Atkinson and Bobby Oag from Orkney who took bronze.
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The triathlon was the first medal event at the 2025 games where more than 2,000 sports people will be competing from 24 islands.
It was a first individual Island Games medal for 21-year-old Atkinson, who was fourth at the last Island Games in Guernsey.
"I tried to push the swim hard and noticed there were some guys sat on my feet for the whole swim, so I pushed for the first couple of laps on the bike and took it from there," Atkinson told BBC Radio Jersey.
"On the run I tried to set out a bit easy as it's quite a hilly course, but I think I paced it well."
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