Glasgow Games – and unicorn mascot – ready to emerge from shadow cast by 2014

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The first person to stop on Glasgow’s streets does not recognise the Commonwealth Games mascot, Finnie the unicorn. “I genuinely didn’t realise that the unicorn was the mascot,” Karl, a 33-year-old Glaswegian native, says with a laugh. “I caught a glimpse of one of the posters from the bus and thought: ‘Are the bronies making a comeback?’” It is a telling response. As the Commonwealth Games return to Scotland’s biggest city, the mood is markedly different from the last time Glasgow hosted the event in 2014, when anticipation built for months. This time, the Games have arrived with considerably less fanfare. While there are signs that an international sporting event…

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