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CWG: IoM Men's Freestyle Relay Team smash Island record again in final

Group had already broken 2014 record in class earlier today (30 July)

A memorable night for the Isle of Man men's swimmers as they finished seventh in the final of the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and smashed the Island record in that class again.

Peter Allen, Alex Bregazzi, Harry Robinson and Joel Watterson finished seventh in the final with a time of 3 minutes 26.44 seconds.

At the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, they faced off against some of the elite of world swimming including England and Australia.

Their time beats the previous IoM record they set earlier in the day of 3 minutes 27.30 seconds.

The team finished seventh in the final ahead of Fiji.

Here they are afterwards with coach, Lee Holland:

Manx Radio's William King got the Manx team's reaction to their sensational efforts after they'd stepped out the pool:

 

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