Jersey won its first Commonwealth Games Medal in 36 years in what's been called a 'different' games for the squad.
Filip Nowacki won Jersey’s first gold medal ever in the pool, beating Canada's Oliver Dawson and Australia's Zac Stubblety-Cook in the 200m breaststroke.
It was after already collecting a silver, beating his idol, Adam Ramsay-Peaty, in the 100m breaststroke.
His Jersey swimming coach Nathan Jegou said it's been amazing to be in Tollcross to watch him:
"He clearly is a very popular athlete. It felt like we were swimming in Jersey; there was that much support.
"There were so many Jersey flags and so much support there for him; he felt that love, and we felt that love as well.
"It's everything he worked for and everything he deserves.
"He'll enjoy the next couple of days and then all eyes to Paris when he goes there with the British team, and we wish him all the best."
Commonwealth Games gold will change Nowacki's life forever, says coach
It was also a historic Games for many other athletes.
The swimmers at Tollcross smashed four island records in total.
The fastest ever Jersey men's 4x100 medley relay was swum by Sam Sterry, Matthew Deffains, Isaac Dodds and Oscar Dodds.
Sam Sterry broke the island record for the 200m free in the lead-off, going 1:51.80.
The team also made it to five individual finals, one relay final, and three semi-finals.
In athletics, at the Scotsdoun Stadium, there was another new island record
Sprinter Jamie Oldham is now the fastest person in Jersey ever to run the men's 100m.
Oldham breaks Island Record in Commonwealth Games 100m heats
The 20-year-old clocked 10.41 seconds in the event heats on Monday evening (27 July).
It was another first for Jersey in athletics, as we saw our very first heptathlete.
Lucy Woodward finished 500 points up from the previous season.
Another multi-eventer, Decathlete Evan Campbell, opened with a PB in the 100m, and claimed fourth in the shot putt with a season's best.
Campbell fell in the 110m hurdles on Friday (31 July) and was disqualified, scoring zero for the event.
But he rallied to finish his campaign.
Our first Judo Commonwealth Games athlete since 1990, 20-year-old Steven Rabet, bouted Commonwealth Games champion Georgios Balarjishvili from Cyprus - ranked 38th in the world.
Weightlifter Olly Dodds finished 7th in his weight division.
The athletes return to Jersey this afternoon.
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