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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Priya Bharadia

‘It’s OK to mess around’: how ‘mop man’ stole the show at Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games

Miller holds a mop aloft as he poses for a picture in front of trees
CJ Miller, the man behind the mop, says he is enjoying ‘a lovely 50 minutes of fame’. Photograph: Mark Pinder/The Guardian

The 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow have already provided plenty of highlights. But fans across the world have been dazzled by one particular breakout star: the “mop man”.

When a cleaner came out at half-time during a netball match to wipe down the court before the restart, everything appeared normal. But as the cleaner swept, and the first bars of Queen’s I Want to Break Free rang out in the venue, he went from sweeping to a standing split.

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