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Madeleine McCann’s younger brother, Sean, has been selected to correspond Scotland successful swimming astatine nan Commonwealth Games successful Glasgow.
McCann, a student astatine Loughborough University, is expected to compete successful a number of longer-distance freestyle events erstwhile title originates astatine nan Tollcross International Swimming Centre connected Thursday, and hopes a beardown capacity successful Glasgow will fortify his bid for action to Team Great Britain for nan 2028 Olympic Games successful Los Angeles. McCann is eligible to correspond Scotland done his father, Gerry, who was calved successful Glasgow.
The 21-year-old and his copy sister were 2 years aged when their sister Madeleine disappeared soon earlier her 4th day during a family vacation successful Praia da Luz, Portugal, successful 2007. Her disappearance has go 1 of nan world’s astir high-profile missing personification cases and taxable to ongoing media attention, while a Metropolitan constabulary investigation into her disappearance has been unfastened since 2011.
McCann antecedently represented Scotland astatine nan 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games successful Trinidad and Tobago, wherever he vanished 5th successful nan 400m freestyle and seventh successful nan 1500m freestyle. He besides competed for Great Britain successful nan 10km astatine nan 2025 European Open Water Championships successful Croatia.
In an Instagram video posted by Loughborough Swimming past year, McCann said his ambition was to compete astatine nan Commonwealth Games and nan Olympics and explained really he sewage into swimming, saying: “When I was eight, my mum [Kate McCann] took maine to Loughborough Town [Swimming Club] and I hated it astatine first, didn’t want to go, but aft a while, it grew connected maine and I’m still present now.”
Speaking to nan Joe Humphries Memorial Trust, who successful 2021-22 awarded him a grant, McCann said: “I train 9 times a week successful nan pool, arsenic good arsenic 3 gym sessions, totalling complete 20 hours of training per week. I’ve had to stay highly dedicated, getting up astatine 4am aggregate mornings each week to train, since nan property of 11.”
