2010 Commonwealth Games

The 19th Commonwealth Games were held from 3 to 14 October 2010 in the Indian city of Delhi instead. It was the largest sporting event ever held in India. Previously, Delhi hosted the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982 competitions were 272 Fully wearing. In 17 sports. The preparations were overshadowed by various organizational issues and pushed in the media in part to strong criticism.

Application

Two cities had applied for hosting the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in addition to the Indian city of Delhi and Hamilton in Canada. The members of the Commonwealth Games Federation led in November 2003 to their General Assembly in Montego Bay ( Jamaica), a secret ballot by. This Delhi was awarded the contract with 46 to 22 votes.

Sports facilities

The sports competitions were held in twelve different places in Delhi. The main venue was opened in 1982, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (opening and closing ceremonies, athletics). The following existing sports venues were used: CRPF Shooting Range (Shooting), SPM Swimming Pool Complex ( Water ), Dhyan Chand National Stadium ( hockey), RK Khanna Tennis Complex ( Tennis ) and Talkatora Stadium ( boxing ). In view of the Commonwealth Games were newly built Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex ( bowls, weightlifting ), Delhi University Stadium ( 7- Rugby ), Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range (Shooting), Indira Gandhi Arena ( cycling, gymnastics, wrestling ) Siri Fort Sports Complex ( badminton, squash), Thyagaraj Sports Complex ( netball ) and Yamuna Sports Complex ( archery, table tennis). In addition, the athletes were 20 training facilities and an athletes' village available.

Mascot and official song

Official mascot of the Commonwealth Games was Shera, an anthropomorphic tiger. The name comes from the Hindi word Sher, which can mean both tiger and lion. The official song of the Games was Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto ( "Live, arise, get up, wins !") And was composed by AR Rahman.

Sports and Schedule

The following table shows the schedule represents the links in the first column lead to pages with detailed results. In the yellow box is the number of decisions on the same day, in the last column the total number of competitions in individual sports.

Participating countries

Fiji is suspended as a member of the Commonwealth and excluded for this reason, from participating in the Commonwealth Games 2010. Rwanda has participated for the first time with a team since the country joined the Commonwealth in 2009.

  • Jersey jersey
  • Cayman Islands Cayman Islands
  • Cameroon Cameroon
  • Canada Canada
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati Kiribati
  • Lesotho Lesotho
  • Malawi 2010 Malawi
  • Malaysia Malaysia
  • Maldives Maldives
  • Malta Malta
  • Mauritius Mauritius
  • Montserrat Montserrat
  • Mozambique Mozambique
  • Namibia Namibia
  • Nauru Nauru
  • New Zealand New Zealand
  • Nigeria Nigeria
  • Niue Niue
  • Norfolk Island Norfolk Island
  • Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
  • Pakistan Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
  • Rwanda Rwanda
  • Saint Helena Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  • Saint Kitts Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia St. Lucia
  • Saint Vincent Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
  • Zambia Zambia
  • Samoa Samoa
  • Scotland Scotland
  • Seychelles Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
  • Singapore Singapore
  • Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
  • South Africa South Africa
  • Swaziland Swaziland
  • Tanzania
  • Tonga Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
  • Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Tuvalu Tuvalu
  • Uganda Uganda
  • Vanuatu Vanuatu
  • Wales Wales
  • Cyprus Republic of Cyprus

Criticism

Prior to the Games the states of the sports venues have been criticized, as the security situation. Thus are many dwelling places for the athletes in an uninhabitable condition. An attack on a tour bus, in which several people were injured, as well as collapsing bridges and stadium blankets increased the pressure on the Indian government. Experts also feared the spread of dengue fever. Prominent athletes as British triple jumper Phillips Idowu and Australian hitherto reigning discus world champion Dani Samuels have canceled their participation due to safety concerns.

During the Games, several participants suffering from a viral gastrointestinal infection. Since the first cases occurred among swimmers, got the quality of the water in suspicion. But after the English field hockey team reported cases of illness and an investigation of the water was no indication of a pathogen, the cause remains unclear for the time being and will be further investigated.

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