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Sarah Adlington eyes ‘fairtyale ending’ with third Commonwealth gold

Scottish judo great Sarah Adlington says winning a third Commonwealth Games gold medal in Glasgow this summer would be “the fairytale ending” to her ground-breaking career.

After topping the podium in the same city at the 2014 games in the +78kg category, she did it again in Birmingham four years ago, becoming the first Scottish judoka to win two Commonwealth gold medals.

If she can repeat the feat this summer, she will further cement her place in the history books as the first judo athlete to win a trio of Commonwealth golds.

“I wouldn’t be trying if I didn’t think it was possible,” Adlington told BBC Scotland.

“Whenever I speak to anyone, they are like ‘Oh, three times Commonwealth Games champion, that would be brilliant’ and obviously that is the dream.

“The fairytale ending would be to finish my career stood on the podium, listening to Flower of Scotland with a home crowd, with my family and friends and people from the judo club there.

“That is why I am doing what I am doing.”


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