Jersey's Campbell 12th in decathlon after hurdles fall

Jersey's Evan Campbell has finished 12th in the 2026 Commonwealth Games decathlon after being disqualified from the 110m hurdles.

The 25-year-old clipped the first barrier and fell before rolling under the second hurdle in the opening event of day two.

He then ducked under a third barrier after getting back to his feet and was disqualified for not going over each hurdle.

Campbell finished in a time of more than 24 seconds, but was given a score of 0 points for the event, but was allowed to carry on competing in the day's final four disciplines.

Campbell has been the first-ever Jersey man to compete in a Commonwealth Games decathlon and had been 10th out of the 12 competitors at the end of the opening day.

He went on to record a season's best throw of 41.31m in the discus and jumped 4.10m in the pole vault.

Campbell followed those up season's best performances in his final two events - throwing 52.21m in the javelin before running 4:46.67 in the 1500m.

It meant he finished 95 points off Cook Islands' Max Teuruaa with a score of 6339 points, 1757 off the winner Lindon Victor of Grenada.

"It was a devastating start," Campbell told BBC Jersey about his hurdles heat.

"That should have been one of my moments, I was heavy favourite to win that heat and that would have been great.

"It wasn't a fairy tale, but decathlon's like that, life's like that.

"I did what I could today, which was show character and soak it in and enjoy it when I could.

"I'm very proud of myself for finishing and glad I'm not leaving with any regrets."