Olympic silver medallist Dan Wallace has been stripped of his Lottery funding, and removed from British Swimming’s performance squad, less than two weeks after the end of his three-month suspension for a drink-driving offence.

The 24-year-old from Edinburgh, part of the successful 4x200 freestyle relay squad at Rio 2016, was banned from driving for 12 months in June. But he recently switched his training base from Stirling to Edinburgh University to work under its coach Kris Jones in a bid to get his career on track.

With his place in the Scotland team for next year’s Commonwealth Games in Australia understood to be secure, an alternative support package may be sought from the Scottish Institute of Sport.

“It will be subject to a review in the same way as any athlete who has come off funding,” said a British Swimming spokesperson.

The top tier of British squad includes his fellow Scots Ross Murdoch, Stephen Milne, Hannah Miley, Kathleen Dawson and Duncan Scott while two-time Olympian Craig Benson, along with young prospects Cassie Wild and Keanna Macinnes, are on the lower tier.