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Michael McEwan

Should the Olympics and Paralympics be merged?

Michael McEwan is a freelance journalist and disability campaigner who suffers from cerebral palsy and is calling for the Olympics and Paralympics to be merged.

It was a successful Commonwealth Games for Team Scotland Para athletes, celebrating a fantastic haul of 12 medals. This total surpassed the seven medals they won at the Games in Glasgow 2014, making Birmingham Scotland's most successful games of all time.

A total of 31 athletes went to the games to represent Team Scotland across seven sports, another all time record making up 12 per cent of total participation. This year was the most inclusive ever held with 46 medals events, meaning that Scottish athletes won nine per cent of all para sports medals.

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