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History of Common wealth Games

Common Wealth Games second major sporting event after

Olympic games, these games inspired by Olympic games

The history of CWG runs back in the 18th century whenBritish empire ruled approx half of the world.

Reverend Astley Cooped, in 1891, proposed the idea to

introduce sporting competition to bring together themembers of British empire


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COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010--

COME OUT AND PLAYCOME OUT AND PLAY

The multi-national sport event is one of the largest sportevent ever hosted by the country.

The games held once in every one year are means to promotethe feeling of fellowship amongst nations of Commonwealth.

Held first in Hamilton, Ontario in Canada, the games

currently has 54 members and 71 teams which alsoparticipated in Common wealth games New Delhi

India was only the third developing country to organize thebig event after Jamaica in 1966 and Malaysia in 1998.


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Host Country : IndiaHost Country : India(New Delhi)(New Delhi)

Number of countriesNumber of countries

Participating : 71Participating : 71

(teams)(teams)

Disciplines plannedDisciplines planned

(sports) : 17(sports) : 17

(planned disciplines)(planned disciplines)

Motto:Motto:

Come Out and PlayCome Out and Play

Mascot :Mascot : SheraShera (the tiger)(the tiger)


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The 2010 Common wealth Games were theThe 2010 Common wealth Games were the nineteenthnineteenth

Common wealth Games (held under the same name)Common wealth Games (held under the same name)

The games were held in capital of India, New DelhiThe games were held in capital of India, New Delhi

from 3from 3rdrd October 2010 till 14October 2010 till 14thth October 2010.October 2010.

Common wealth games 2010, New Delhi were the largestCommon wealth games 2010, New Delhi were the largest

multimulti--sports event conducted at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,sports event conducted at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,

New Delhi.New Delhi.

India had last hosted the Asian Games at such a large scale inIndia had last hosted the Asian Games at such a large scale in

the year 1951 & 1982the year 1951 & 1982


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OPENING CEREMONY

The opening ceremony of the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at the JawaharlalNehru Stadium, the main stadium of the event, in New Delhi, India.

It began at 7:00 PM (IST) on 3 October 2010 ending at 11:00 PM (IST) displaying India'svaried culture in a plethora of cultural showcases. It was watched live by a global audienceof around three billion.

Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (representing Queen Elizabeth II as Head of theCommonwealth) and President of India Pratibha Patil officially declared the Games open.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of the host nation, India, attended the opening ceremonyas well.

A total of three heads of state from outside India attended the opening ceremony; two from

Commonwealth nations and one from a non-Commonwealth nation.

The three head of states are Mohamed Nasheed, President of the Maldives, MarcusStephen, President of Nauru and a multiple Commonwealth gold medallist, and PrinceAlbert II of Monaco, whose country Monaco is not a member of the Commonwealth. Aswell, Sir Anand Satyanand, the Governor General of New Zealand (the first of Indiandescent), attended the ceremony.


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SPORTS

o Aquatics

o Archery

o Athletics

o Badminton

o Boxing

o Cycling

o Gymnastics

o Hockey

o

Lawn Bowls

o Net Ball

o Rugby seven

o Shooting

o Squash

o Table Tennis

o Tennis

o Weight lifting

o Wrestling


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VENUES FOR THE COMMONVENUES FOR THE COMMON

WEALTH GAMES 2010WEALTH GAMES 2010o Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Athletics, Lawn bowls, Weightlifting

o Dhyan Chand National Stadium Hockey

o Indira Gandhi Arena Archery, Cycling, Gymnastics, Wrestling

o Delhi university sports complex Rugby sevenso Thyagaraj stadium- Netball

o Siri fort sports complex Badminton , squash

o Dr. Karni Singh shooting range Shooting

o Talkatora stadium boxingo SPM Swimming Pool complex Aquatics

o RK Khanna Tennis complex Tennis

o Yamuna sports complex Table tennis


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THEMESONG

JiyoJiyo UthoUtho BadoBado JeetoJeeto

TheXIX CommonwealthGames 2010 Delhis themesong,

Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto(Live, Rise, Ascend, Win)

Thethemesong bymusic maestroA. R. Rahmans call tothe

peopleandathletes of IndiaandtheCommonwealthtocome

outandplay.


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DELHI PROMISED,

DELHI DELIVERED

Delhi arranged a 4 layer security for the CWG2010,

covering all the venues. The 4 layers being the outer,

middle, inner and the exclusive levels


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Outer security : Monitoring the park-and-ride facility,

surveillance via CCTV and access control steps (sudden ticketchecking

Middle security: the visitors and spectators will be channelizedto designated seats. (electronic surveillance , snipers positionedon roof tops)

Inner cordon: Re-checking the tickets using barcode-screening,vehicle scanners.

Exclusive security : Permit person only after manual frisking,door frame detectors, metal detectors and hand-held detectors,X-ray baggage scanner, CCTV


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GREEN GAMESGREEN GAMES

The organisers signed a Memorandum of Understanding

(MoU) with the United Nations Environment Programme toshow the intention to host a "sustainable games" and to take

the environment into consideration when constructing and

renovating venues.

Thyagaraj Stadium is intended to be a key example of

environmentally considered construction


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CLOSING CEREMONY

The world was not only bowled over by the opening

ceremony but also mesmerized by the closing ceremony of

the Commonwealth Games 2010 that once again lit up withthe traditional flavours.

A dazzling laser show and a musical extravaganza marked

the grand finale of the Commonwealth Games, the biggestsporting event hosted by India which crowned itself with

sporting glory by winning an unprecedented 101 medals.


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