Paralympian Liam McGarry out of Commonwealth Games after sepsis battle

“Having to miss the big ones after gruelling four-year qualification cycles cuts deeper than most people realise,” he added.

“We spend our lives working for these moments and they don’t come around often in a short sporting career. But since Worlds last October, life’s asked far bigger questions of me away from the platform.

“For a while, the goal has stopped being medals, rankings, or qualification standards. It became healing, surviving, and finding a way back from the hardest chapter of my life.

“That is one thing I do know, I will find a way back. Back soon.”

This summer’s Commonwealth Games will run from 23 July to 2 August, with Matthew Harding, Mark Swan, Louise Sugden, Doaa Shayea, Olivia Broome and Charlotte McGuinness all competing in Para-powerlifting.