Alastair Chalmers: Guernsey hurdler targets Commonwealth gold after Olympics

Chalmers says he has no regrets over the way his Olympics came to an end when he crashed out.

Running in the outside lane, he was chasing, among others, the eventual gold medallist Rai Benjamin.

“I’m so proud of how I set it up, it was unfortunate that I hit it and fell over, but I got myself up and crossed the line,” Chalmers said.

“I’m not upset or angry about anything. This was my first Olympic Games, I’m 24 years old and my goal going into it was to make the semi-final.

“If I came last or first or fourth, I’d already won – getting to these Games and making the semi was a massive win in my head.

“My event is so technical, it’s a very difficult event, and as we saw in the final two of the best guys in the world fell over.

“Sometimes a chance pays off and sometimes it doesn’t, you’ve got to take risks and I’m just so proud that I’m in a position where I was stood on a line in the semi-final acknowledging how far I’ve come and how amazing and rare that moment was.”