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2026 Commonwealth Games: Paralympic medallists selected for Scotland Para-swimming team

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Paralympic medallists Faye Rogers, Toni Shaw and James and Stephen Clegg have been selected as part of Team Scotland’s seven-strong Para-swimming team for this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

World Championship silver medallist Astrid Carroll, world bronze medallist Sam Downie and national medallist Ollie Carter are also selected.

Rogers, 23, won 100m butterfly S10 gold at the Paris 2024 Paralympics and Shaw, 22, took bronze in the 400m freestyle S9 at the Tokyo Games three years earlier and Commonwealth bronze at Birmingham 2022.

Brothers James, 32, and Stephen, 30, have six Paralympic medals between them, with the former taking bronze in the 100m freestyle S12 at London 2012 and backstroke, butterfly and freestyle swimmer Stephen picking up a silver and two bronze over 100m events in Tokyo and two 100m golds in Paris.

Teenager Carroll took 100m breaststroke SB12 silver and 100m backstroke S12 bronze in last year’s World Championships in Singapore. Downie, 20, won S8 100m backstroke at the 2023 event in Manchester.

Carter, 26, is a multi-BUCS Swimming Championships gold medallist.


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