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Olympics 2024: Scots ‘punch above weight’ in Paris, but might LA look different?

August 12, 2024
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But could these past four Games – London, Rio, Tokyo and Paris – prove to be the high watermark for Scottish success?

The governmental desire to buy glory by heavily funding elite sport might dwindle in the face of other pressures. And there are particular challenges among the cohort of Scottish athletes, too.

Josh Kerr has already rolled out his rhetoric about winning gold in Los Angeles. Potter is adamant she wants another crack at that too. And Yeargin spoke giddily about competing in the country of her birth.

Those three Paris medallists would all fancy themselves to have ribbon around their necks again in four years time, but wanting something and achieving it are very different things.

Take Katie Archibald. As recently as last month, the cyclist was all set to try to add to the gold and two silver she won in Tokyo. Then she tripped over a garden step and ruined not only her leg but her Olympic ambitions as well.

She will be 34 by the time LA comes around. Is that too old in the frantic world of track cycling?

Maybe not, but the ages of those who won medals this summer is not overly encouraging for the future.

Kerr is the youngest at 26, so being in good enough shape to complete his set of Olympic colours in four years time does not seem outlandish.

Scott is only a year older, but there are precious few 31-year-olds competing at the top of elite men’s swimming. It’s a young man’s game.

Similarly, Potter will be 36 by the time of LA. Can a triathlete keep doing what they do to themselves for that long?

Neah Evans will be 38. Fellow cyclist Jack Carlin 31. Rowers Sholto Carnegie and Rowan McKellar will be 33 and 34 respectively. Yeargin will be 30.

Scott Brash is a little different given the different physical demands of equestrian, but does he have the desire to go again at the age of 42?

Those questions will be answered over the next four years. It might not feel that far away right now, but the cycle will begin again almost immediately.



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