2023 has been quite a year for Scottish sport outwith the football bubble that so often dominates the headlines.

Josh Kerr became world 1500m champion.

Neah Evans and Katie Archibald both won world cycling titles on home soil.

And Beth Potter became world triathlon champion less than seven years after taking up the sport.

It’s not a bad list, and it only scratches the surface.

But, despite this year’s remarkable success, 2024 has the potential to overshadow the past twelve months.

With next year being an Olympic year, there’s a lot at stake.

But it also means the potential rewards are enormous.

There’s the obvious ones to watch, like the aforementioned world champions in the shape of Kerr, Potter and Evans and Archibald.

But there’s also a band of Scottish athletes who may not, as yet, have reached the very top of their game or have dipped below their best for one reason or another in recent times but most certainly have shown enough to indicate they’re well worth keeping an eye on over the next twelve months.

And it seems a pretty safe prediction that this time next year, at least a few of these individuals will have produced performances that will grab the spotlight.

Here’s my pick of the ones to watch in 2024.

REESE LYNCH

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