Commonwealth Games: Sean McCann, Madeleine’s brother, to swim in Glasgow on Saturday

Sean McCann – Madeleine McCann’s younger brother – will swim for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Saturday.

The 21-year-old – a Loughborough University student – entered the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events and will be making his debut at the major championships.

The 400m heats start on Saturday morning at Tollcross Swimming Centre.

“I’m really excited. It’s my first senior games so I’m looking forward to representing Scotland and doing my best,” McCann said. Loughborough University spoke earlier this week, External.

“It’s really the pinnacle of representing Scotland at the Commonwealth Games, especially at home.

“I’ve got a lot of family in Glasgow so that makes it even more special. I was there in 2014 (at the Commons), I used to watch it as a kid, so to do it now, 12 years later, is really full-circle time.”

McCann grew up in England but qualified for Scotland through his father Gerry.

In the year He and his two-year-old twin sister, three-year-old Madeleine, disappeared in 2007 during a family holiday in Praia da Luz, Portugal.

became one The world’s most high-profile missing persons cases And it is an ongoing Metropolitan Police investigation.