Baillie was at the peak of his powers when he won silver in the 110m hurdles at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, breaking a Scottish record in the heats to boot.

The Old Kirkpatrick star represented Scotland at the 2002 and 2010 Commonwealth Games and is a five time Scottish national champion.

The 33-year-old did not have the best of luck with injuries throughout his career, which probably shortened his time as a hurdler — he made an attempt to qualify for Glasgow 2104 before he retired but missed out. After his career defining performance in Melbourne Baillie broke his foot twice within six months, effecting his chances of qualifying for the 2008 Olympics. He would not compete at an Olympic Games, however he does not look back and wonder what might of been.

He said: “Following on from winning the silver in Melbourne I broke my foot twice within six months and dealing with it was just a case of accepting that you had to give everything to recover rather than panicking.

“It was never a case of that I was definitely going to the Olympics and the injury stopped me. It wasn’t the devastation of not going but it stopped me being able to qualify.

“I missed out on the Olympics but the Commonwealth games were so good to me through my whole career. I just like keeping those memories rather than thinking about the Olympics “I think Melbourne was the peak of what I could have done at that point. Injuries have slowed my career but I never look at it like ‘if I didn’t get injured I could’ve done this or that’. “There are events where I might have been able to do a little bit better, perhaps I might have been able to qualify for Glasgow. But I don’t really have any regrets, I don’t feel I lost out on a great deal because of injuries.” The passage of time has not dampened the pride Baillie feels when recalling his 2006 success.

He said: “It was a dream come true it was huge. It was a shock to me, I had worked hard for the 10 years previous to get myself there in the right shape to run well. It was such a big achievement, I sometimes forget it was quite so long ago now.

“I feel immense pride when I think about it or watch the race back. It was such a big thing for me and to do it on such a big stage in Melbourne and to run for Scotland was huge as well, as we didn’t get to do it very much.”