McGarry out of Commonwealths after sepsis battle

McGarry out of Commonwealths after sepsis battleImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Liam McGarry was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, inflammation of the spinal cord, when he was in his first year at Bournemouth UniversityByAlastair TelferBBC Sport journalistPublished11 minutes agoParalympian Liam McGarry has ruled himself out of this summer's Commonwealth Games after battling sepsis earlier this year.The 29-year-old, who was one of seven Para-powerlifters named in the England squad for Glasgow, won gold at the 2023 World Championships and finished fifth at the Paris 2024 Paralympics."What should have been a career-best performance in Egypt at the World Championships in October turned into a five-month battle in hospital for my life," he revealed 10 weeks ago on social media., externalHe added that what started as a wound ended up with him fighting sepsis - which is a serious reaction to an infection that can be life-threatening - in hospital for "the best part of a month" and required "major surgery to save my life".Despite leaving hospital earlier this year, McGarry said on Monday that the intensive care had impacted his ability to compete at the Commonwealth Games."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 McG...