Common Wealth Games

2010

Host city New Delhi

Nations participating 71 Commonwealth Teams

Athletes participating TBA

Events 17 disciplines

Opening ceremony

Closing ceremony

Queen's Baton Final Runner

Main Stadium

Website

3 October

14 October

29 June 2010

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

www.cwgdelhi2010.org

Motto “COME OUT AND PLAY”

“COME OUT AND PLAY”Delhi is inviting every person across all divides – India & common wealth- to let go of themselves & participate in the Games to the best of their abilities ,in the true sprit of the games.

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Logo And Mascot Of CWG

Logo Mascot

DTC New Buses•1,500 New non – AC Low Floor Buses• 750 New Non – AC Semi Low Floor Buses

•1,000 New AC Low Floor Buses•250 New AC Semi Low Floor Buses

Queen’s Baton Relay

About Queen’s Baton RelayThe 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 will arrive at the 2010 Games opening ceremony on 3 October 2010, after visiting the other 70 nations of the Commonwealth and travelling throughout India, reaching millions of people to join in the celebrations for the Games.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 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 high, 34 millimetres wide at the base, and 86 millimetres wide at the top and weighs 1,900 grams.

The Queen's baton has a number of technological features including:• The ability to capture images and sound• Global positioning system (GPS) technology so the baton's location can be tracked• Embedded light emitting diodes (LEDs) which will change into the colours of a country’s flag whilst in that country• A text messaging capability so that people can send messages of congratulations and encouragement to the Baton bearers throughout relay

Sports

Diving Swimming Archery Athletics Badminton Boxing

Road Artistic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics Hockey Bowling

Netball

Rugby sevens

Shooting Squash Table tennis TennisWeightlifting

Wrestling

Green GamesThe 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 public interest petition to the Supreme Court of India against the felling of 'heritage' trees in the Siri Forest area to make way for Games facilities. The court appointed architect Charles Correa to assess the impact and he severely criticized the designs on ecological grounds. In spite of this, in April 2009 the Supreme Court allowed the construction on the grounds that "much time had been lost" and "the damage already caused to the environment could not be undone".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. After a prolonged legal battle between city residents and the state, construction was permitted to continue on the basis of an order of the Supreme Court of India in July 2009, which held that the government had satisfied the requirements of "due process of the law" by issuing public notice of its intention to begin construction work in September 1999 a date four years prior to the acceptance of Delhi's bid for the games.

Venues Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi Athletics, lawn bowls, weightlifting

Dhyan Chand National Stadium Hockey

Indira Gandhi Arena Archery, cycling, gymnastis, wrestling

Delhi University sports complex Rugby sevens

Thyagaraj Stadium Netball

Siri Fort Sports Complex Badminton, Squash

Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range Shooting

Talkatora Stadium Boxing

SPM Swimming Pool Complex Aquatics

RK Khanna Tennis Complex Tennis

Yamuna Sports Complex Table tennis

Aashman YadavBy -

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