A golden games for Guernsey in the Bahamas | Channel – ITV News – ITV News

Posted: July 24, 2017 at 8:32 am

Island athletics star Alastair Chalmers is bringing home a gold medal for Guernsey from the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas.

He was celebrating with 30 metres to go as he stormed to victory in the 400m hurdles, smashing his PB in 51.22.

Cyclist Sam Culverwell missed out on a first place finish by millimetres in the road race.

He was leading with seconds to go, but took silver behind Thomas Bostock from the Isle of Man. The bronze medal was won by Bermuda's Matthew Oliveira.

At the closing ceremony, Tatiana Tostevin was given the honour of being flag bearer, due to her amazing results in the pool.

She broke many Island records and qualified for the 50M Backstroke Final, where she finished 6th at just 14 years old, the other 7 finalist were all older than her.

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