Perth swimmer Stephen Milne has been selected to compete in the Rio Olympics.
The 21-year-old’s 200m freestyle silver medal in last week’s British Championships has been good enough to get him into the 26-strong squad.
The Perth City swimmer, who has medalled at the Commonwealth Games, will be joined in Brazil by another swimmer with local connections, former Strathallan pupil Duncan Scott.
World and European champion Adam Peaty will head a 26-strong Great Britain swimming team for the Rio Olympics.
The British Olympic Association announced a team that also includes World and European champion Adam Peaty, as well as Olympic debutants James Guy and Jazz Carlin.
The likes of Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, Andrew Willis and Hannah Miley, meanwhile, all return after featuring at London 2012.
Team members were selected following their performances at last week’s Glasgow championships.
“I am thrilled to have been selected for Team GB,” said 21-year-old breaststroke specialist Peaty.
“I first watched my team-mate Craig Benson in the Olympics (London 2012), and I was really jealous.
“He was the same age, and he was at a home Olympics, something I would never get a chance to do again.
“I was looking at the results on my phone. It was like a ‘what am I doing with my life?’ kind of moment.
“From then, I watched all the Olympics and said to myself that I would make the next one. That was my defining moment, to stop messing about now and get my head down.
“I don’t want to be a team-maker (in Rio), that’s the most important definition for me. I want to make my country proud and give it the best shot I can, really, and wear that Team GB tracksuit with pride.”
Chris Spice, GB swimming team leader for Rio, added: “What we have is a focused, well-balanced team with some very exciting young prospects.
“The team has been refreshed as a result of a series of great performances from some of our Podium Potential youngsters – Chloe Tutton, Cameron Kurle, Molly Renshaw, Craig Benson, Georgia Coates and Max Litchfield, who all produced stunning performances to upset their more senior rivals and make the Olympic team.
“The challenge for everyone is to move our performances on between now and the summer.
“Athletes have done a good job to make the team, but our primary focus is to improve performances in Rio, and we will leave no stone unturned in pursuit of this.”
GB swimming team for Rio Olympics: James Guy, Adam Peaty, Max Litchfield, Jazz Carlin, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, Andrew Willis, Hannah Miley, Ben Proud, Chloe Tutton, Ross Murdoch, Stephen Milne, Robbie Renwick, Duncan Scott, Craig Benson, Fran Halsall, Molly Renshaw, Chris Walker-Hebborn, Tim Shuttleworth, Aimee Willmott, Eleanor Faulkner, Georgia Coates, Camilla Hattersley, Georgia Davies, Cameron Kurle, Ieuan Lloyd, Daniel Wallace.
