Image source, PA MediaImage caption, Sarah Adlington won her second gold medal at Birmingham 2022
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Sarah Adlington, the first athlete to win two Commonwealth Games gold medals in judo, will make "a perfect ending to my career" by competing for a third as she leads 13 men and women selected for Team Scotland at Glasgow 2026.
While the 12 others will be making their Games debuts, the 39-year-old was part of a record medal haul at Glasgow 2014 as Scotland took 13 medals from 14 athletes - six gold, two silver and five bronze.
She returned for judo's next appearance in the Games, claiming gold at Birmingham 2022 and taking her place in the history books.
"Experience teaches you a lot and I've definitely got plenty of that," Adlington said. "I'm hoping I can put it to good use at the Games.
"Competing at Glasgow is a bonus and it's going to be the perfect ending to my career."
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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
Eva Ewing -48kg
Summer Shaw -48kg
Nicole Wood -78kg
Sophie Wood -63kg
