Regular readers will note that I have identified athletes with HSP at the Paralympics. I thought to try and do the same for the Commonwealth Games. The organisation of the Commonwealth Games is different from the Olympics, and the Commonwealth Games website doesnt appear to have a searchable area to find athletes from the current games. So, I've had to resort to Google!
My first port of call was to look at the athletes I identified for the Olympics and see if any were taking part in the Commonwealth Games. Out of the eight athletes, only the UK and Canada have teams in the Commonwealth Games (Ukraine, Spain, Brazil and USA are not in the Commonwealth). Neither Ian Marsden or Austin Smeenk appear to be competing - Canoe/Kayak/Rowing are not in the Commonwealth Games, and Austin is not listed in the Canada team list.
My wider search for athletes with HSP on Google found three. Kieran Jones from Wales competes in both Basketball and Shot-put. You can hear an interview with Kieran here: https://anchor.fm/adventureswithaggie/episodes/AWA-X-Kieran-Jones-Shot-Put-and-Javelin--5x-British-Champion-e18ot3j - He is not shown on the Team Wales basketball team, and his focus on Twitter (https://twitter.com/Kieranjones____) now appears to be on shot put for the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
I already knew about Lily Rice, competing for Team Wales in the swimming (https://hspjourney.blogspot.com/2022/05/lily-rice-commonwealth-games.html) and recent tweets from Lily indicate she is on the path for the Games.
I also found Síomha Nic Bradaigh, competing for team Northern Ireland, also in the swimming. Various information here:
https://www.swimireland.ie/news/team-announcement-2022-commonwealth-games
https://belfastmedia.com/siomha-nic-bradaigh-commonwealth-games
Both Lily and Síomha appear to be swimming backstroke in the S8 category, so they may be competing against each other.
I will keep my eyes out and see if I can find any more athletes with HSP in the Commonwealth Games.
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