Commonwealth Games: Guernsey sprinter Abi Galpin reaches 200m semi-finals

Guernsey's Abi Galpin has qualified for the semi-finals of the 200m at the Commonwealth Games.

The 21-year-old finished third in her heat behind Jamaica's Natalliah Whyte and Hannah Brier from Wales in a time of 24.47 seconds to earn a place in Friday's semi-finals.

"It's a really great achievement," she told BBC Radio Guernsey.

"The crowd is crazy, hearing those roars, I'll probably never get to run in front of a crowd this big again."

She added: "I would have liked to have gone a little bit quicker, but I think the wind's not quite in the right direction on the bend.

"But this is the highest level you can represent Guernsey so it's really special and something to be really proud of."

But fellow islander Joe Chadwick is out of the men's 200m after finishing sixth in his heat.

The 20-year-old took almost two tenths of a second off his personal best in a time of 21.54.

He felt he could have gone faster had his build-up to Birmingham 2022 not been hampered by injury.

"It was not a good performance," he said.

"I'm not happy with it but you have to be out there and run in this kind of crowd.

"My body's not in the right place, but I thought we'd come out there and give it a go, but I didn't think it would be that bad."

Guernsey's women's singles silver-medallist Lucy Beere and partner Rose Ogier have missed out on a place in the knockout stages of the bowls pairs.

They were second in their group after beating third-placed Norfolk Island 20-10 on Thursday morning.

But Norfolk Island's Shae Wilson and Carmen Anderson won their final game 22-17 against Malaysia - who had already assured themselves of a quarter-final place as group winners - to secure second place.

Todd Priaulx is also out of the men's singles after losing 21-7 to New Zealand's Aaron Wilson.

The 33-year-old cannot make the top two in his group ahead of his final pool game against Kenya's Cephas Kimani later on Thursday.

Guernsey's badminton mixed doubles pairing of Stuart Hardy and Chloe Le Tissier are out after a 21-17 21-11 loss to Jamaica's Joel Angus and Katherine Wynter.

"You're always disappointed when you lose your match," Hardy told BBC Channel Islands.

"We got off to a really good start in the first game, went into the halfway point 11-6 up and lost eight or nine points in a row and the momentum just changed."