Duquemin's throw was 1.41m short of Genro Paas's

Zane Duquemin has clinched a bronze medal in the men's shot-put at the Island Games in Aland, bringing Jersey's medal tally to 14.

The 17-year-old threw 14.60m to beat Games record holder Ove Lehto, of the host island, into fourth and giving Jersey its fourth athletics medal.

The gold was won by Genro Paas, from Saaremaa, who destroyed the competition with a throw of 16.01m.

Silver went to Gotland's Erik Larsson who threw 14.86m.

The other athletics medals saw Jersey pick up a silver and two bronzes.

Jersey's Peter Irving won silver in the men's 400m hurdles, beating Rhodes' Mihalis Seitis by 0.02 seconds with a time of 53.81.

Daniel Halksworth and Jason Fox picked up bronze.

Halksworth finished third behind Guernsey's Stephen Dawes, in second, and Janne Holmen, of Aland, in first to pick up bronze in the men's 10,000m.

Fox took the bronze medal in the high jump, clearing 2.03m - just 2cm behind silver medallist Omar Wright of the Cayman Islands and 4cm behind his first-placed compatriot Perry Anglin.

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