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CWG 2010 DELHI

So what do you say now?? Do you still think India can't organize commonwealth games??

Criticizing the flaws is too easy, but appreciating the efforts is comparatively difficult. If u  cannot do anything u are no one to criticize as well..

The XVIII th Commonwealth games were held in Melbourne ( Australia ) from march 15-26,2006.

Around 4500 athletes from 71 nations participated in this 12 days sports extravaganza. 

The host Australia topped the medals tally with 221 (84 gold ,69 silver , 68 bronze) medals while England finished second .Canada placed third with 86 medals .

However India slipped to fourth position with 50 medals where as it had third place in the 17th Commonwealth Games in Manchester,2002.

               Medal Table

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia	84	69	68
England	36	40	34
Canada	26	29	31
India	22	17	11
South Africa	12	13	13

The first gold medal of the game was won by India's N.Kunjarani Devi in the 48kg. weightlifting category .India put up a spectacular performance in shooting, table tennis, boxing and weightlifting.

Indian sharpshooter Samaresh jung was honoured with the David Dixon Award by the commonwealth Games Federation ,after being adjudged the best athlete of the 18th Commonwealth Games .

Jung who won 5 Gold, 1 Silver, & 1 Bronze medals in pistol shooting competition ,became the first Indian to bag this honour in the games history .

HISTORY OF COMMONWEALTH GAMES

*This game was first proposed by the Reverend Astley Cooper in 1891 when he wrote an article in  The Times suggesting a "Pan-Britannic-Pan-Anglican Contest and Festival every four years as a means of increasing the goodwill and good understanding of the British Empire".
*1911, The Festival of the Empire was held in come London to celebrate the coronation of King George V.
Inter-Empire Championships was held in which teams from Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom competed in events such as boxing, wrestling, swimming and athletics.

THE FLAG OF BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GAMES 


The first Games were held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 
The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Commonwealth Games in 1970 .
In 1978 name changed Commonwealth Games ( C W G ).

Commonwealth games: countries which have participated, and locations of the games.

• Purple = Countries which have hosted the Empire games or Commonwealth games, or plan to host the games
• Red = Other countries which enter the games
• Green = Countries which have entered the Empire games or Commonwealth games but no longer do

The years/locations of the games is shown with black dots

Commonwealth Games maps

Host cities

British Empire Games:

1930 · 1934 · 1938 · 1950

British Empire and Commonwealth Games:

1954 · 1958 · 1962 · 1966

British Commonwealth Games:

1970 · 1974

Commonwealth Games:

1978 · 1982 · 1986 · 1990 · 1994 · 1998 · 2002 · 2006

The Queen's Baton Relay
The Relay was introduced at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales 
The Baton design was inspired by a traditional Malay artifact, the 'Gobek', which is a unique cylindrical areca nut-pounder widely used and displayed in Malay homes.
The Baton carries a message from the Head of the Commonwealth, currently Queen Elizabeth II. The Relay traditionally begins at Buckingham Palace in London as a part of the city's Commonwealth Day festivities. The Queen entrusts the baton to the first relay runner. At the Opening Ceremony of the Games, the final relay runner hands the baton back to the Queen or her representative, who reads the message aloud to officially open the Games.