CLACKS swimmer Duncan Scott is going through final preparations ahead of the Paris Olympic Games this weekend.
The star swimmer, who grew up in Alloa, is one of eight from the University of Stirling to have received a warm send off as they left for Paris La Défense Arena, where swimming gets under way on Saturday.
Duncan and fellow Olympic champion Kathleen Dawson will represent Great Britain at the games along with Stirling stablemates Lucy Hope, Jack McMillan, Keanna Macinnes, Katie Shanahan and Angharad Evans.
Paige van der Westhuizen, also on the high-performance swim programme at the university, will compete for Zimbabwe.
Duncan already has a haul of six medals from two previous Olympics.
He said: “I'm still in love with the sport – I really enjoy what I do.
“There are so many things that I know that I can improve on and get better in; I'm still as hungry as I was [at previous games]."
This is the largest contingent of Stirling swimmers to complete at an Olympics and they will be joined by the university’s head performance swim coach and Aquatics GB coach Steve Tigg.
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Martyn Walton, who also coaches on the Stirling programme, and Alan Rankin, physiotherapist to the university’s athletes, have also been selected to support Great Britain at the Paralympics in August.
The swimmers have been going through the final stages of preparation in recent weeks while participating in a host of media activity as well.
David Bond, head of performance sport at the University of Stirling, said: “The Olympics are the pinnacle of an athlete’s career – and their selection is the result of years of intense training, determination and hard work.
“To have a record number of University of Stirling athletes represent their countries at Paris 2024 is an enormous achievement for not only our swimmers, but also for our talented and passionate staff who support them every day.”
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