Woman who fundraised for own leg amputation to make history at Glasgow 2026

Hope Gordon will compete for Team Scotland in the parapowerlifting at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games (Glasgow 2026/PA) - (Glasgow 2026/PA)

A Scottish woman who crowdfunded £10,000 to pay for her own leg to be amputated after a decade of chronic pain is set to make history at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Hope Gordon, 31, will become the first athlete to compete at a Summer Paralympics, Winter Paralympics and Commonwealth Games across three different sports when she takes on the parapowerlifting for Team Scotland next week.