Only the one athletics session today but plenty of Guernsey interest right through the programme. It was two and a half hours of highs and lows for the Guernsey fans.
The evening began with Kyle receiving her 100m gold medal....and for 60 metres of the 100m hurdles final it looked like another gold was on its way. Not to be however as a misjudged 4th hurdle upset her stride and culminated in Kyle missing hurdle 6. That's what you get for running too fast!
Emma, reaching the 400m final in her first attempt ran a brave race in what was a high class affair...she'll be back for more Island Games i'm sure. And our 4x100m boys didn't let us down, finishing 2nd in the heats and comfortably qualifying for Friday's final.
And then we had Glenn and Leo in the 110m hurdles final. Another gold in the bag for the ginger dynamo in a PB to boot. From start to finish, there was always going to be only one winner....whoever said (very) white men can't jump!
The evening ended in probably the race of the week so far, an 800m final stacked with talent. Local favourite, Joe Wade, took the lead from the beginning, running the first lap in a blistering 51seconds...he wouldn't be caught. Not far behind Guernsey's Mike Batiste was steadily cutting through the field and looked like bagging the bronze medal only to be pipped on the line....his time of 1.55.59 was a massive PB and would have guaranteed a medal at any other Island Games. Great race.
Tomorrow see more heats in the morning and finals tomorrow evening with plenty of medal hopes for the Guernsey followers to cheer on.
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