Guernsey sisters race each other at Commonwealth Games
Older sister Delphine (left), just beat her younger sister Elodie in the 400m freestyle heats
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"I think it's really nice that we push each other on," Elodie Riley said having just raced her sister in the heats of 200m freestyle at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Seventeen-year-old Elodie was edged out by her 19-year-old sister Delphine in their heat at Glasgow's Tollcross pool on Saturday morning.
But despite big sister ensuring family bragging rights, having your sibling alongside you appears to be an advantage.
"Coming to a massive international event like this, it's nice to have some sort of familiarity to ease us into it," added Elodie.
"We've never done anything like this before so it's definitely nice to race alongside my sister."
Delphine's time of 2:11.01 was 0.67 faster than Elodie as she finished fifth in her heat, two places above Elodie.
They ended the event 28th and 30th respectively in a field of 36 that was headed by Australia Olympic gold medallist Lani Pallister.
"I've never been to a meet this big before," said Delphine.
"I went to the Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad, which was also amazing.
"But this is an incredible atmosphere and such big names racing it's just amazing to watch and just watch them on poolside."
The pair were also in the same heat for the 400m freestyle on Friday and will also compete in the 800m freestyle on Tuesday.
"I'm feeling very inspired to hopefully aim for the next Commonwealth Games as well," said Elodie.
"I'd really love to do this again, it's been an amazing experience."
Guernsey's 4x100m mixed relay team of Orla Rabey, Henry Bolton, Tatiana Tostevin and Charlie-Joe Hallett
Elsewhere in the pool Guernsey's mixed 4x100m freestyle relay team smashed the island record.
They finished last in they heat, but Tatia Tostevin, Charlie-Joe Hallett, Henry Bolton and Orla Rabey set a time of 3:46.15.
That smashed the previous island record of 4:02.79 by more than 16 seconds.
Bolton finished 46th overall in the men's 50m freestyle while island record holder Tatiana Tostevin was 21st in the women's 100m backstroke with compatriot Tallulah-Mae Rautenbach 32nd.
Oriana Wheeler was 20th in the women's 100m breaststroke while Zachary Maiden was 24th in the men's 400m freestyle.
Merrien and Ogier remain unbeaten
Rose Ogier (left) and Alison Merrien have yet to drop a set at Glasgow 2026
Guernsey bowlers Alison Merrien and Rose Ogier remain unbeaten in the women's pairs after drubbing their Zambian opponents.
The duo, who top their pool with three wins from three matches, beat Getrude Siame and Foster Banda 8-0 in their first set before a 10-0 win in the second.
It leaves them in a strong place to make the knockout stages having played half of their pool matches.
However Jason Greenslade suffered his second defeat of the men's singles tournament as he went down 2-0 to Cook Islands' Royden Aperau.
Greenslade, who still had a good chance to make the knockout stages, was beaten 8-4 in the first set - have dropped 8-1 behind before the final two ends.
He led 4-2 after two ends of the second set, but conceded seven shots in the next three ends to trail 9-4.
Greenslade tried to mount a comeback as he took two shots in each of the final two ends but Aperau hung on to take it 9-8.
"To be honest with you the rink was tricky," Greenslade told BBC Guernsey.
"He had very, very tight woods, he was just rolling up playing for length and I was trying to scramble just to find a line.
"I was really, really struggling for line on the fuller lengths.
"I didn't play my best, but he was probably the better player overall, but I do think the rink had a lot to do with the result today."
