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Another Eight Gold Takes Jersey To 77 Medals

For the third day running, Team Jersey have bagged eight gold medals at the Island Games in Guernsey.

The latest podium finishes of day four of the competition take Jersey's total medal haul to 77 - 26 gold, 26 silver and 25 bronze.

There was a gold and an Island Games recorded for Shadine Duquemin in the discus.

Shadine Duquemin spoke to our reporter Harry Whitehead after winning gold and getting a new Island Games record in discus🥇🇯🇪

Posted by Channel 103 on Wednesday, July 12, 2023

 

Elsewhere in athletics, Katie Le Rougetel took silver in the long jump and Samuel Maher took a second bronze of Guernsey 2023 in the 5,000m to add to his 1,500m success.

There were more golds in swimming - for Robert Jones in the men's individual medley and for Isaac Dodds - his fourth of the tournament - in the 800m freestyle and for the Women's and men's teams in the 4x100m freestyle relay.

Archer Lucy O'Sullivan got a second individual gold, and there was a first ever singles gold medal for Jersey in the table tennis for 16 year old Hannah Silcock.

 

 Earlier in the day cyclist Flo Thomas add a bronze to her silver in the road race, and the team finished second overall to take silver.

Jersey's men's footballers are in action against the Isle of Wight at 6.30pm in the semi finals.  Jersey's women were controversially dropped in a coin toss on Wednesday.

You can follow all the action with updates at 8.30am,1.30pm, 5.30pm and 9pm and on Channel103.com.

Check out our games gallery here.

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