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COMMONWEALTH GAMES DELHI,2010 (CWG)

COMMONWEALTH GAMES DELHI,2010 (CWG). History of CWG. First CWG in 1930 in Hamilton in Canada, was known as British Empire Games. 11 Countries participated In 1966, they were re-named as British Commonwealth Games CWG held every four years

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COMMONWEALTH GAMES DELHI,2010 (CWG)

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  1. COMMONWEALTH GAMES DELHI,2010 (CWG)

  2. History of CWG • First CWG in 1930 in Hamilton in Canada, was known as British Empire Games. • 11 Countries participated • In 1966, they were re-named as British Commonwealth Games • CWG held every four years • Have been conducted un-interrupted till date, except during World Wars. • CWGs come second after Olympics in global sports

  3. CWG - 2010 • CWG 2010 venue was Delhi • They were known as XIX CWG • Took place between 3rd to 14th Oct. • These were biggest CWG till date with 6081 athletes from 71 countries competed in 21 sports & 272 events. • 1st CWG in India and 2nd in Asia (Malaysia in 1998) • Official mascot was Shera and Official song was Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto.

  4. CWG 2010 – Organizing Committee • CWG Organizing Committee (OC) responsible for successful conduct of games • Suresh Kalmadi was OC chief • OC working was marred by allegations of irregularities, delays & corruption. • Many teams cancelled their plans & many threatened to pull out • Still OC was able to deliver successful games

  5. CWG 2010 - Mascot • The official mascot for the 2010 Commonwealth Games is Shera, an anthropomorphised tiger His name comes from "Sher", a hindi word meaning tiger (Hindi "Bagh" means tiger. However, Sher is colloquially used for both lion and tiger). The logo and the look for the games were designed by Idiom Design and Consulting.There is one song for Shera also composed by the popular composer of INDIA the song contains initiative "Shera Shera"  • The mascot Shera is visiting many schools across Delhi to create enthusiasm and interest for the Commonwealth Games being held .

  6. CWG 2010 - Official Song • The official song of the 2010 Commonwealth Games "Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto" was composed and performed by the Indian musician A. R. Rahman. The song's title is based on the slogan of the games, "Come out and play". The song is penned by Mehboob in Hindi with a sprinkling of English words. It was released on 28 August 2010. The music video, directed by Bharath Bala was released on 23 September and featured a shorter version of the song. A. R. Rahman also gave a live concert for the theme song in Gurgaon , Haryana which was previewed on various news channels . The official video of the song has been released on Youtube .

  7. CWG 2010 - Venues • Events took place at 12 competition venues. A total of 20 training venues were used in the Games. Of these 20, one was used for archery; three for aquatics; two for lawn bowls; two for netball; eight for rugby sevens, including seven venues within Delhi University; two for shooting; one for squash; two for table tennis; one for weightlifting, three for wrestling and two for tennis. • The Commonwealth Games Village provided accommodation and training for athletes of the Games, and was opened from 23 September to 18 October 2010. It is located along the east bank of the River Yamuna, in proximity to competition and training venues as well as city landmarks, and is spread over an area of 63.5 hectares (157 acres).

  8. CWG 2010 – Queen Baton Relay • The Queen's Baton Relay began when the baton, which contains Queen Elizabeth II's message to the athletes, left Buckingham Palace on 29 October 2009. The baton arrived at the 2010 Games opening ceremony on 3 October 2010, after visiting the other 54 nations of the Commonwealth and travelling throughout India, reaching millions of people to join in the celebrations for the Games.The baton arrived in India on 25 June 2010 through the Wagah Border crossing from Pakistan. • The baton was designed by Michael Foley, a graduate of the National Institute of Design. It is a triangular section of aluminium twisted into a helix shape and then coated with coloured soils collected from all the regions of India. The coloured soils are a first for the styling of a Queen's Baton. A jewel-encrusted box was used to house the Queen's message, which was laser-engraved onto a miniature 18 carat gold leaf—representative of the ancient Indian 'patras. The Queen's baton is ergonomically contoured for ease of use. It is 664 millimetres (26.1 in) high, 34 millimetres (1.3 in) wide at the base, and 86 millimetres (3.4 in) wide at the top and weighs 1,900 grams (67 oz).

  9. CWG 2010 – Participating Nations • There were 71 participating nations at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. As Fiji was suspended from the Commonwealth, it was banned from participating in the Games. Rwanda fielded a team for the games for the first time after becoming a Commonwealth member in 2009. Tokelau was initially expected to compete, but did not do so.

  10. CWG 2010 - Sports • Aquatics • Badmintion • Boxing • Cycling • Gymnastics • Archery • Athletics • Lawn bawls • Netball • Rugby sevens • Shooting • Squash • Table tennis • Tennis • Weight lifting • Wrestling

  11. CWG 2010 - Sports • Kabaddi was a demonstration sport at the Games. • Triathlon was excluded from the games as there was no suitable location for the swimming stage. The organisers have also removed basketball, but included archery, tennis and wrestling. Cricket, although in strong demand, did not make a come-back as the Board of Control for Cricket in India were not keen on a Twenty20 tournament, and the organisers did not want a one day tournament

  12. CWG 2010 - Opening Ceremony • The opening ceremony of the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru 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's varied culture in a plethora of cultural showcases. It was watched live by a global audience of around three billion. • Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (representing Queen Elizabeth II as Head of the Commonwealth) and President of India Pratibha Patil officially declared the Games open. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of the host nation, India, attended the opening ceremony as well.

  13. CWG 2010 - Medal Tally • Australia led the medal tally with 74 Gold & 177 total medals • India was 2nd in table with 38 Gold & 101 total medals • They were followed by England, Canada, South Africa & Kenya. • This was the best performance by India in CWG

  14. CWG 2010 - Closing Ceremony • The games closed on 14th October 2010 in a colourful closing ceremony featuring both Indian and Scottish performers.Though the closing ceremony was not as beautiful as the opening ceremony, it marked the end of the Games with a huge celebration with singers from all over India providing a musical retreat which had the whole stadium dancing. The Commonwealth Games flag was handed over to representatives of Glasgow, Scotland, which will host the XX Commonwealth Games in 2014. At the closing ceremony, the President of the Commonwealth Games Federation declared that Delhi had hosted a "truly exceptional Games

  15. CWG 2010 – Development • A four-lane flyway, 2.2 km stretch from Lodhi Road to trans-Yamuna, linking the Games Village to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was constructed which reduced the travelling time between the village and the Stadium to six minutes. • To support its commitment to mass transport, nine corridors were identified and constructed as High Capacity Bus Systems  • The Delhi Metro was expanded to accommodate more people and boost the use of public transport during the 2010 games. • Indira Gandhi International Airport was modernised, expanded, and upgraded. Costing nearly $1.95 billion, Terminal 3 has improved airport passenger capacity to more than 37 million passengers

  16. CWG 2010 - Costs • In 2003 IOA estimated CWG costs Rs.1630 cr. • Budget estimation went up to Rs.11500 cr. Starting 2010 • But actual cost was around Rs.60000 cr. • CWG 2010 were most expensive ever • Corruption scandals further impacted costs

  17. CWG 2010 – Green Games • The organisers signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Environment Programme to show 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. • In opposition to this intention, a number of environmental controversies arose and the adverse ecological impact of various aspects of the games have been protested by city residents. City residents filed a PIL against the felling of 'heritage' trees to make way for Games facilities. • The Commonwealth Games village, located on the flood plains of the Yamuna, has also been the subject of controversies about the flouting of ecological norms

  18. CWG 2010 - Impact • India is largely a single-sport country, with cricket far outstripping all other sports in terms of the talent, sponsorships, spectator support, and media attention it receives. The Indian cricket team is currently (15 October 2010) ranked world number one in Test cricket. There have been worthy world-level contenders in some sports, like Vishwanathan Anand in Chess, or Prakash Padukone and Saina Nehwal in Badminton, but they have been the exception rather than the norm • One of the important aims of hosting the Commonwealth Games was to build world-class athletics infrastructure within the nation, expose audiences to top-level non-cricket competition, and encourage the youth to "Come out and play" (the official theme of the games). Building a sporting culture that looks beyond cricket is seen as an important task for a country which won its first ever individual Olympic gold medal only in Beijing 2008

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