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Glasgow and its denizens might care a bit more next summer, when the Commonwealth Games returns to the city.<\/p>\n
Cycling will be a key component of the reimagined event and Carlin, who was at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome as a fan in 2014, will be a central figure this time.<\/p>\n
As if a home Games – quite literally, given he now lives just up the road in the city’s east end – wasn’t motivation enough, the 28-year-old has a wrong to right.<\/p>\n
Carlin has stepped on the podium 19 times in global competition but has never clambered up to the top step.<\/p>\n
Sprint silver in Gold Coast, bronze in Birmingham, plus keirin silver three years ago, are the extent of his Commonwealth haul, while a broken ankle 12 weeks out from Paris compromised his chances at the last Olympics.<\/p>\n
Now back home after several months in Australia and south east Asia – “let’s call it decompressing” – his focus is on Glasgow 2026.<\/p>\n
“If someone said to 17-year-old Jack, sitting in the stands at Glasgow 2014, ‘listen, you’d be talking about a home Commonwealth Games, 12 years later, with four Olympic medals around your neck’, I would never have believed you,” he says.<\/p>\n
“It’s an exciting time to be Scottish and to be Glaswegian, for sure.<\/p>\n
“I think, if we can emulate the success and legacy of 2014 – that was what really kick-started my career – and get one or two individuals who are like me in 2014 out of this one, that’s a success.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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