{"id":124153,"date":"2026-06-29T14:56:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/watch-our-team-scotland-interviews-after-games-selection-scottish-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:56:55","slug":"watch-our-team-scotland-interviews-after-games-selection-scottish-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/watch-our-team-scotland-interviews-after-games-selection-scottish-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Our Team Scotland interviews after Games selection &#8211; Scottish Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"meta-date\">Monday 29th June 2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-buttons\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button social-specific\" data-via=\"ScotAthletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweet<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/39-strong-team-named-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Picked for Scotland: 39 head for Scotstoun as Glasgow 2026 team named<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>scottish<\/strong>athletics were delighted to help <strong>Team Scotland<\/strong> with an athletics team photo shoot last week for <strong>Glasgow 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A full team of 39 athletes has now been revealed and the<strong> Commonwealth Games<\/strong> countdown is very much underway.<\/p>\n<p>Across our social media channels over the coming weeks, we plan to share preview content including photos, video interviews and written features.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, we are already off and running in that regard!<\/p>\n<p>Below we share some of our interviews from the Team Scotland photo shoot and some of the images (by James Williamson)<\/p>\n<p>*Sprinter <strong>Alyson Bell<\/strong> tells us how, a decade or so ago, she used to finish \u2018dead last\u2019 in cross country.<\/p>\n<p>*<strong>Brodie Young<\/strong> speaks about how landing European U23 bronze in the Men\u2019s 400m in Norway last summer gave him the confidence for a Team Scotland selection bid<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Momentum successfully built for Alyson Bell as Glaswegian picked for Glasgow 2026\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p6-WgakGIg0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brodie Young is ready for his first Commonwealth Games!\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/73556moxox4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>*Hear from Combined Events pick <strong>Allie Routledge<\/strong> on her late run to being picked to compete at heptathlon \u2013 a scenario she herself did not envisage a couple of years ago<\/p>\n<p>*<strong>Rebecca Grieve<\/strong> is with our Mixed 4x400m Relay squad for the Games and speaks about her move from Edinburgh\/Dunfermline to University of New Mexico<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jake Wightman <\/strong>and <strong>Neil Gourley<\/strong> were pre-selected last autumn \u2013 along with <strong>Megan Keith<\/strong> \u2013 after World Champs performance.<\/p>\n<p>Jake would love to add to his two Commonwealth Games medals while Glaswegian Neil is hoping for a clear run at Scotstoun after injury issues.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Heptathlete Allie Routledge cannot wait for Glasgow 2026 experience\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PVEy6DtER8A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rebecca Grieve on her athletics journey as she looks forward to making her Commonwealth Games debut\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RH8q_AqK58U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>JOIN US on our YOUTUBE CHANNEL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/scottishathletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please subscribe: it is Free<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-JxEMatEvsL3rtUmh-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-116858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-JxEMatEvsL3rtUmh-1024x471.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-JxEMatEvsL3rtUmh-1024x471.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-JxEMatEvsL3rtUmh-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-JxEMatEvsL3rtUmh-768x353.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-JxEMatEvsL3rtUmh-1536x706.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-JxEMatEvsL3rtUmh-2048x942.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Bennett and Callum Newby (photos by James Williamson)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-E2SaUL7qBeXuHU-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-116868\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-E2SaUL7qBeXuHU-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-E2SaUL7qBeXuHU-1024x639.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-E2SaUL7qBeXuHU-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-E2SaUL7qBeXuHU-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-E2SaUL7qBeXuHU-1536x959.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-E2SaUL7qBeXuHU-2048x1279.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kaya Slater and Jax Thoirs (photos by James Williamson)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/tag\/commonwealth-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Commonwealth Games<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/tag\/glasgow-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glasgow 2026<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/tag\/team-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Team 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