Cain smashes record to win gold at Island Games

Manx athlete Christa Cain has told how she is "absolutely buzzing" to have broken the championship record to win gold at the Island Games.

In Sunday's women's 10,000m race at the Pickaquoy Centre in Orkney she shaved off around 55 seconds with a time of 35 minutes and 16 seconds.

Meanwhile, Regan Corrin was successful in defending his high jump title at the competition after clearing 1.97 metres.

It means the Isle of Man sits in second place in the medals table.

After surpassing Aland's Ann-Catrin Nordman's record set in 1997, Cain said "I lost track of my laps, so it was just head down and just keep going".

The runner, who received a standing ovation from the crowd as she crossed the finish line, said "the noise was something else".

"I can't actually believe it, it was phenomenal, the crowd out here were insane, there was really amazing support the whole way around.

"I couldn't be happier, I'm so proud to represent the Isle of Man at my first games."

However, Cain's debut campaign is far from over, she is set to be on the start line of the 5,000m race on Wednesday and the half-marathon on Friday.

The first gold of the 2025 multi-sport event for the Isle of Man was claimed by 18-year-old Corrin.

He said he was "happy to have won" and to take home a second games gold by defending his title, but was "disappointed" not to have cleared the 2.05m he attempted.

"My main aim was to challenge the record. I wanted to come and jump high, but I could get there next time I guess."

On Sunday, Corrin also made it through to the semi-final of the 100m race and across the week will compete in the long jump, triple jump, 100m and 400m relays.

Also at the Pickaquoy Centre, the home of athletics for the event, Georgia Price secured a silver medal in the triple jump with a distance of with 11.53m, behind Jersey's Zara Asante, who jumped 11.61m.

Earlier in the day the Isle of Man's first medal of the Orkney Games came in the triathlon when Clara Isaac claimed bronze at the event, which took place around Stromness Harbour.

She said she was "shocked" and "incredibly proud" to come third as she had "no expectations" going into the event.

"I knew I'd had a pretty good run but it was so tough in the 20C heat, so I'm over the moon to get this medal for the team," she said.

The Isle of Man features in 11 of the 12 sports at the games, which run until 18 July. Monday will see the first cycling, swimming, gymnastics and archery events of the competition.

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