Adlington heads Scotland's Commonwealth judo squad

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While Adlington will turn 40 just days after the upcoming Games, her five female team-mates have an average age of just 20 as they head for the SECC from 31 July-2 August.

Sunny Doig was part of Team Scotland's Achieve Programme for upcoming athletes at Birmingham 2022 and the 21-year-old will be putting that experience to good use in her first Games.

At 18, Eva Ewing is the youngest, while British Championships gold medallist Summer Shaw is the oldest at 22.

It will also be a first Games for Scott Cusack as he follows in the footsteps of mother Loretta and father Billy, who both won medals for Scotland when judo was first contested at the 1990 Auckland Games.

Loretta, also the 1982 world champion, will be on hand for her son's debut as Glasgow 2026 Sport Competition Manager for Judo.

British champion Cusack said: "Having my mum and dad both compete at the Commonwealth Games, it's always been a thing that I wanted to do. I really want to make them proud."

Meanwhile, Ollie Short, a silver medallist at both the Hong Kong Asian Open in November and the Mandurah Oceania Open in May, earns selection for his first Games after his brother Alex competed at Birmingham 2022, just missing out in the bronze medal match.

Scotland's Commonwealth judo squad

Men

Jaden Calder -100kg

Scott Cusack -90kg

Neil MacDonald -66kg

Gregor Miller +100kg

Aiden Moffat -66kg

Daniel Pacitti -73kg

Ollie Short -73kg

Women

Sarah Adlington +78kg

Sunny Doig -63kg