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Scottish swimmer Katie Shanahan wants to replicate her idol Hannah Miley by winning gold at this summer’s home Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.<\/b><\/p>\n
Shanahan, 21, has been included in the 25-strong Team Scotland swimming squad for the event, which takes place at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in July.<\/p>\n
In a glittering career, Aberdeenshire’s Miley won two Commonwealth golds in the 400m individual medley, with the second coming in Glasgow in 2014.<\/p>\n
That victory, and the event as a whole, was a huge source of inspiration for a young Shanahan.<\/p>\n
“I have a few memories of watching that, especially Hannah Miley in that first night when she won gold,” Shanahan told BBC Scotland. <\/p>\n
“I remember watching and implementing her as being my idol because I was like, ‘she has just won a gold medal in Glasgow that is so cool’.<\/p>\n
“From then I was like, ‘I want to do that, I want to be there, I want to be winning medals’. It does leave a legacy. That is what the Games want to do – they did that for me and hopefully any other little girls that are watching in the summer want to get into the sport or keep going.<\/p>\n
“She did all the same events I did growing up and it got to the point where I was actually racing her.<\/p>\n
“After the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham when I got the bronze medal she messaged me and I was like, ‘oh my god I have made it’. If I could follow in her footsteps that would be amazing because she was Scotland’s best female swimmer.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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