Rabey breaks two Guernsey records at Glasgow 2026
Orla Rabey broke records set at the last Commonwealth Games in Birmingham
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Orla Rabey says she "left it all out there" after breaking two Guernsey records at the Commonwealth Games.
The 24-year-old, who will end her competitive career with Guernsey following Glasgow 2026, broke her own island 50m butterfly record before helping the Sarnians set a new 4x100m relay mark.
Rabey clocked a time of 28.39 seconds to come second in her heat in the 50m butterfly as she finished 25th out of 52 competitors.
The time was 0.06 seconds ahead of the mark she set four years ago at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham as she beat compatriot Tatiana Tostevin in their heat.
Tostevin had a time of 28.92 secs while Molly Staples finished third in her heat in 29.10.
In the relay, Rabey, Tostevin, Emma Bourgaize and Tallulah-Mae Rautenbach swam a time of three minutes 55.88 seconds in the semi-final.
The time took more than three seconds off the island's previous best set at the Commonwealth Games four years ago and meant they qualified seventh-fastest for the final.
However, they could not match their mark in the final, ending in a time of three minutes 56.64 seconds, 0.76 seconds slower, but still the second-fastest time ever by a Guernsey quartet.
The islanders finished eighth in the eight-team final, 25.24 seconds off Australia who won gold.
"I didn't really know how I was going to swim, so to come out and break two records on the first day, I'll take that," Rabey told BBC Guernsey.
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Orla Rabey (left) helped Guernsey break their 4x100m relay record having beaten her own 50m butterfly mark
"It was still up in the air whether I was going to come or not maybe this time last year, but I can't complain, coming back and breaking two island records at what is definitely my last Commonwealth Games.
"I always think you're going to enjoy those really, really high moments and you're never going to forget them.
"I also want to leave on a real positive high, inspire the team and do well for myself to come out feeling I've left it all out there."
Elsewhere, Delphine Riley beat her sister Elodie by five seconds in their 400m freestyle heat in a time of four minutes 36.16 seconds, while Zachary Maiden was 33rd and Henry Bolton 34th overall in the 50m backstroke.
Charlie-Joe Hallett finished sixth in his heat in the 100m breaststroke in 1:03.87 mins while the men's 4x100m relay team finished last in their heat in 3:39.34.
