{"id":32660,"date":"2026-07-24T18:28:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/orla-rabey-guernsey-swimmer-breaks-two-island-records-at-2026-commonwealth-games\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T18:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:28:20","slug":"orla-rabey-guernsey-swimmer-breaks-two-island-records-at-2026-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/orla-rabey-guernsey-swimmer-breaks-two-island-records-at-2026-commonwealth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Orla Rabey: Guernsey swimmer breaks two island records at 2026 Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Orla Rabey says she “left it all out there” after breaking two Guernsey records at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.<\/b><\/p>\n

The 24-year-old, who will end her competitive career with Guernsey following Glasgow 2026,<\/a> broke her own island 50m butterfly record before helping the Sarnians set a new 4x100m relay mark. <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The time was 0.06 secs ahead of the mark she set four years ago at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham as she beat compatriot Tatiana Tostevin in their heat.<\/p>\n

Tostevin had a time of 28.92 secs while Molly Staples finished third in her heat in 29.10.<\/p>\n

In the relay, Rabey, Tostevin, Emma Bourgaize and Tallulah-Mae Rautenbach swan a time of three minutes 55.88 seconds.<\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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