Scotland Group for Commonwealth Video games
The official identify of our nation is the UK of Nice Britain and Northern Eire. Nice Britain includes England, Scotland, and Wales. Within the Olympics, there may be one British staff. Within the Commonwealth Video games, in distinction, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Eire compete as separate nations. This has two vital implications. Firstly, for athletes who should not within the prime three within the UK and subsequently unlikely to be chosen for the Olympics, the Commonwealth Video games presents a possibility for them to be a part of a global competitors. It’s also a novel alternative for them to put on the colors of England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Eire. The Commonwealth Video games is a major occasion with 74 nations competing throughout ten sports activities from 23 July to 2 August, Glasgow 2026. After all, we’re principally within the monitor and discipline.
In 2022, Scotland gained 8 medals (2 golds) to go away them 8th on the medal desk or 6th when it comes to most medals, and keep in mind Scotland has a inhabitants of 5.45 million
The Scotland staff of 40 athletes is listed under. There are a selection of fascinating picks
Ladies:
Center-distance – Jemma Reekie and Erin Wallace will double up within the 800m and the mile. Sarah Calvert, UK champion for 2025 and 2026, runs the 1500, her first championship. (She didn’t have the qualifying customary for the 2025 Worlds and nonetheless received the qualifying time for the Europeans).
Distance: Megan Keith will double up. Laura Muir, gold medalist at 1500 4 years in the past, will run the 5000. When Laura ran a 5K in Brussels in Could, it was her first for 3 years. Eilish McColgan will defend her 10k title however won’t run the 5k by which she took silver 4 years in the past.
Relays: Scotland took bronze within the ladies’s 4X400 4 years in the past however shouldn’t be getting into a staff this yr.
Males
Center Distance: The boys’s 1500 staff of Neil Gourley, Josh Kerr and Jake Wightman are all world medalists – if solely there was a time period prize!
Distance: Andrew Butchart, who has run extra on the roads than the monitor prior to now few years, is doing the 5K and the 10K.
Full Group Scotland choice and occasions:
Ladies
200m: Alyson Bell
400m: Nicole Yeargin
800m: Jemma Reekie, Erin Wallace, Mena Scatchard
Mile: Jemma Reekie, Erin Wallace, Sarah Calvert
5000m: Megan Keith, Laura Muir, Eloise Walker
10,000m: Megan Keith, Eilish McColgan
3000m Steeplechase: Sarah Tait
Hammer: Angela McAuslan-Kelly
Heptathlon: Allie Routledge
4 x 100m: Alyson Bell; Kaya Slater; Lucy Fraser; Alisha Rees; Georgina Adam
Combined 4 x 400m: Nicole Yeargin; Rebecca Grieve; Georgina Adam
Males
400m: Brodie Younger
800m: Jamie Phillips
Mile: Jake Wightman; Neil Gourley; Josh Kerr
5000m: Andrew Butchart
10,000m: Andrew Butchart
Lengthy Soar: Stephen MacKenzie
Pole Vault: Jax Thoirs
Hammer: Chris Bennett
Discus: Nick Percy
Decathlon: Callum Newby; Joel McFarlane
Combined 4 x 400m: Brodie Younger; Bradley Francis
Any additional M4x4 runners required will come from throughout the staff
Para Athletics Group :
Males’s 1500m T20: Steven Bryce, Owen Miller, Ben Sandilands
Males’s 1500m T54: Sean Body
Males’s Lengthy Soar T20: Steven Stone
Males’s 100m T38: Alexander Thomson
Ladies’s 1500m T54 & Ladies’s 400m T54: Joanna Robertson
Ladies’s 1500m T54 & Ladies’s 400m T54: Melanie Woods
