THERE may have been swimmers who returned home from Birmingham 2022 with a larger medal haul than Katie Shanahan, but few came out of the Games with their reputation enhanced quite as significantly as the teenager.
Shanahan went into Birmingham 2022 as one of the babies of the team; at only 18 years old and making her Commonwealth Games debut, there were few expectations on her shoulders. She was, most observers thought, in Birmingham primarily for experience.
