England's Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson had already skipped the lawsuit to prioritise the European Championships, which statesman successful Birmingham connected 10 August, starring galore to question the event's value successful the sporting calendar.
The squad for the European Championships is expected to beryllium announced adjacent week.
St Lucia's 100m Olympic champion Julien Alfred has besides pulled retired of the Glasgow Games, portion Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh, 1 of the sport's biggest stars, is favouring the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.
With the likes of the United States, China and large European nations not portion of the Commonwealths, immoderate athletes favour other, much competitory events.
These Games were besides wounded by the precocious confirmation of its dates and schedule, which lone came successful October past year. The lawsuit was primitively scheduled for March, but the Australian authorities of Victoria pulled retired arsenic hosts successful 2023.
Speaking connected Thursday, organisers insisted the lawsuit would beryllium a occurrence contempt the lack of immoderate large names.
Scottish athletics medal hopes see caller mile satellite grounds holder Josh Kerr and defending 10,000m champion Eilish McColgan, portion Glasgow 2026 main enforcement Phil Batty said absorption should beryllium connected younger athletes.
"We person got an unthinkable tract of athletes," helium said.
"It is truly important to marque definite we person those athletes astatine the pinnacle of their vocation and you tin spot that crossed the sports.
"It is arsenic breathtaking to see, conscionable similar what happened successful 2014 [previous Glasgow Games], which athletes this starts that breakthrough moment."
Commonwealth Sport main enforcement Katie Sadlier said her organisation would person conversations with different events successful the aboriginal to make a clearer window.
"This Games was a small spot of a situation due to the fact that we lone had 18 months and it was truly hard to accidental 'where is the spread successful the two-year period?'.
"As we determination guardant much of those conversations volition happen."
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