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Madeleine McCann’s Brother Set to Represent Scotland on World Stage

The 21-year-old swimmer has his eyes set on the 2028 Summer Olympics.

The brother of Madeleine McCann is set to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, on Friday. Sean McCann, brother of the three-year-old who went missing from her family’s vacation apartment in Portugal in 2007, will be representing Scotland in the competition, which brings together 71 countries and territories that were mostly former outposts of the British Empire. The 21-year-old swimmer placed fifth in the 400-meter freestyle (1300 feet) at the Youth Commonwealth Games in 2023, and also competed in the 10-kilometer race (6 miles) at the 2025 European Open Water Championships in Croatia. McCann, who started swimming at eight years old, is hoping to compete in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. The McCann family became the center of one of the most high-profile missing person cases 19 years ago when massive and costly police searches took place across Europe for Madeleine. She was never found, nor has her abductor been identified, despite potential suspects. The prime suspect, Christian Brueckner, a convicted sex offender, has never been formally charged with Madeleine’s disappearance and denies all involvement. Sean, who was two at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance, has never spoken publicly about the incident.