SCOTLAND TRIATHLON TEAM HEADING TO THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES

The final selections have been made by Team Scotland Triathlon for the upcoming Commonwealth Games as the Scottish triathletes prepare to put on a show in Birmingham in 47 days time.

Competing in his third games will be Grant Sheldon who will be joined by the Elgin power couple of Cameron Main and Sophia Green who will make their debuts following European Cup success.

These three will join by Beth Potter who was already selected by virtue of her having already meet the selection standard of two top-eight finishes in World Triathlon Championships Series having come 7th in both the Leeds and Abu Dhabi events. Also, already selected for the Team is paratriathlete Alison Peasgood.

Beth Potter had a chat with the Podcast team on the switch from pro running to pro triathlon and how it’s taken four years to fully make the transition. She also shared details on her plans to reach the next Commonwealth Games as well as the Paris Olympics in 2024.

Listen to Beth Potter chat to the TriNation Crew about her plans to reach the Commonwealth Games

Upon his selection Cameron Main said “I have dreamed of being part of Team Scotland, and now I have the opportunity to do this on the 29th and 31st of July in Sutton Park”.

Two years ago, we caught up with Cameron who had his sights firmly set on trying to make selection for the Triathlon Scotland Team and video recorded his quest to make it to the Games.

The other half of the power couple is Sophie Green who in her breakthrough year took victory in the Europe Triathlon Cup Coimbra, Portugal in 2021. Upon being selected Sophie was straight to the point saying, “I can’t wait to race, get out there, gain experience and see what I can do.”

Back in 2021 Sophie was a front runner to secure qualification for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and the TriNation team were lucky enough to sit down and chat with her as she began what was a crucial 2021 season.

Sophie Green winning Europe Triathlon Cup Coimbra, Portugal in 2021

We heard about her career to date, how figure skating was a big part of her life before triathlon and her recent superb performance at the Podium 5K to go a time of 16.13 after over a year of no racing due to covid restrictions.

Listen to Sophie Green chat to the Podcast Crew about her sporting life journey

Competing in his third games will be Grant Sheldon having already raced in both individual triathlon and the mixed relay at both Glasgow 2014 and Gold Coast 2018.

It was back in 2016 when Grant won the World University Games triathlon in Nyon, Switzerland, winning the individual title and helping Great Britain win the team title. Since then he has stood on the World Triathlon race podium on a number of occasions and has enjoyed top ten finishes.

In September 2021, Grant was back to podium ways in what was a Bohemian Rhapsody taking silver at the Karlovy Vary World Cup in the Czech Republic.