Glasgow 2014: James Millar gets Scots judo call-up

JAMES MILLAR has been called up to Scotland’s Commonwealth Games judo squad as a replacement for James Austin, who was forced to withdraw due to injury last week.

Scotland judo medal hope James Austin admitted he was "absolutely gutted" after being forced to withdraw from the Games. Picture: PA

Olympian Austin, 31, who suffered a first-round exit at London 2012, was due to compete at the 100kg weight, along with team-mate Euan Burton but was ruled out with a knee injury and his place will be taken by three-time British champion Millar for the event in Glasgow.

Austin said: “I’m truly gutted to be missing out on the Games. I tried to work through the injury and would like to thank everyone at JudoScotland for supporting me with this.

“I want to say good luck to the team, and I hope to be there cheering them all on to medals.”

Team Scotland chef de mission Jon Doig added: “It is hugely disappointing to lose James Austin so close to the Games, and we wish him a very speedy recovery. The thoughts of the Team are with him as we all know how much this meant to him.”

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