Lowndes now has four medals at the Island Games in Aland

Swimmer Ben Lowndes has won a third gold medal at the Island Games as part of the men's 4x50m freestyle relay.

The Guernsey team of Lowndes, Matthew Girard, Ian Hubert and Jeremy Osborne beat Jersey by just over two seconds in the final of the relay.

Lowndes also came first in the men's 100m butterfly final ahead of Grant Halsall from the Isle of Man.

The 23-year-old won his first gold in the 200m butterfly on Monday and also took bronze in the 50m butterfly.

Victory for 25-year-old Hubert in the men's 4x50 relay means that his personal medal tally now stands at three, with a silver in the 200m butterfly and bronze in the 100m butterfly.

There were further swimming medals for Guernsey in the men's 200m freestyle.

Jeremy Osborne and Jonathan Le Noury took silver and bronze respectively in the final on Tuesday, finishing behind Pal Joensen from the Faroe Islands.

Osborne, 19, also won bronze in the men's 200m individual medley.

There were two more bronze medals for Guernsey's women in the pool.

Lotte Parfit came third in the 400m individual medley and the 4x50m medley relay team also claimed a place on the podium.

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