Ellee Cheetham Selected for Scotland Artistic Gymnastics Team at Glasgow 2026

Ellee Cheetham returned to competitive gymnastics in November after a six-year retirement. Three months later she won the Scottish all-around title and earned silver medals on bars and vault. She is one of six first-time competitors among the nine artistic gymnasts selected for Scotland at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Cheetham had originally planned only to watch the event.

The women's squad also includes 2025 champion Crystelle Lake, City of Glasgow gymnasts Ava MacFarlane and Lottie Smith, who earned all-around bronze at the 2025 Northern European Championships. All four women will make their Commonwealth Games debuts.

The men's squad features Hamish Carter, a 2018 bronze medalist, along with Cameron Lynn and Pavel Karnejenko, who competed together at Birmingham 2022. They are joined by Scottish all-around champion Reuben Ward and British Universities all-around champion Connor Sullivan.

Ward, a double bronze medalist at the 2022 European Junior Championships, won gold on pommel horse at the recent British Championships. " Cheetham said selection for a home Games with family support was especially meaningful. "I was going to go and watch regardless, but now I'm going.

I'm going to be the one waving to everybody in an opening ceremony," she said. Artistic gymnastics events are scheduled for 24-28 July at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and Arena.