COMMON WEALTH GAMES
2010
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
•Played every 4 years.
•First at Hamilton in Canada in 1930
•After then it was played every 4 years
except in 1942 & 1946 due to 2nd world
war.
2010 Commonwealth Games - Delhi, India
2006 Commonwealth Games - Melbourne, Australia
2002 Commonwealth Games - Manchester, England
1998 Commonwealth Games - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1994 Commonwealth Games - Victoria, Canada
1990 Commonwealth Games - Auckland, New Zealand
1986 Commonwealth Games - Edinburgh, Scotland
1982 Commonwealth Games - Brisbane, Australia
1978 Commonwealth Games - Edmonton, Canada
1974 British Commonwealth Games - Christchurch, New Zealand
1970 British Commonwealth Games - Edinburgh, Scotland
1966 British Empire & Commonwealth Games - Kingston, Jamaica
1962 British Empire & Commonwealth Games - Perth, Australia
1958 British Empire & Commonwealth Games - Cardiff, Wales
1954 British Empire & Commonwealth Games - Vancouver, Canada
1950 British Empire Games - Auckland, New Zealand
1938 British Empire Games - Sydney, Australia
1934 British Empire Games - London, England
1930 British Empire Games - Hamilton, Canada
1st CWG was hosted by
CANANDA and was played in
HAMILTON in 1930.
It was a matter of pride for INDIA
to host the 19th CWG which was
played in DELHI Oct. 2010.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010
XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi
SHERA
COMMONWEALTH GAMES LOGO
EVENTS in CWG
Aquatics, Archery, Athletics, Badminton,
Boxing, Cycling, Gymnastics, Hockey,
Lawn Bowls, Netball, Rugby7, Shooting,
Squash, Table Tennis, Tennis,
Weightlifting, Wrestling.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010 DELHI
• November 2003: Delhi wins bid to
host Games
• February 2005: Organising
Committee Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi responsible for conduct
and delivery of Games
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LARGEST EVER PARTICIPATION
7,000 Athletes & Team
Officials
1,500 Technical officials
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IMPORTANT DATES
16 September - Arrival of advanced teams from CGA
23rd September - Teams check in at Village
23rd September - Opening of Main Press Centre
3rdOctober - Opening ceremony
14thOctober - Closing ceremony
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SPECIAL FEATURES IN COMMONWEALTH GAMES
• Green Games
• Longest Queen’s Baton Relay
•High Definition telecast
•Largest media participation
•State of the art technology
across operations
Aerostat at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
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Queen’s Baton Relay
Longest Queen’s Baton Relay
Covering 190,000 kms
71 Commonwealth Nations
100 days in India
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Green Games
3.5 million trees planted in Delhi
Energy saving fixtures and CFLs used at venues
Paper recycling
Water Conservation at all venues
Thaygaraj Stadium –A model green stadium
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Competition Venues
18 test events conducted successfully to test
venue and management systems for the Games
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Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU STADIUM
•Opening /Closing ceremonies
•Seating capacity:60,000
•Athletics
•Weightlifting
•Lawn Bowls
•PTFE membrane roof
•Earthquake resistant building
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Talkatora Stadium
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Talkatora Indoor Stadium
Boxing
Commonwealth Boxing Championship Test Event
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INDIRA GANDHI SPORTS COMPLEX
Cycling, Gymnastics
and Wrestling
•Two New Stadia
constructed for Cycling
and Wrestling
•Original Stadium for
Gymnastics renovated.
•Permanent timber
cycling track
•Thermal insulation on
roof
Gymnastics test event (Federation Cup) held in August
2010
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Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium
Hockey
•Historic venue-built in 1933
•Venue for Men’s Hockey World Cup in
Feb/March 2010
•Brand new synthetic hockey turfs
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Thyagaraj Sports Complex
Netball
Green Building Concept :
•Rain water harvesting
•Effluent Treatment Plant
•Grid Interactive One Megawatt
Solar energy
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Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Aquatic Complex
World’s first pool based on Cohestrands technology from France
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Games Village
Residential Zone
• 14 blocks, 34 towers,
• 1,168 air-conditioned flats
•International Zone
•Training areas
•Gymnasium
•Fitness centre
•Discotheque
•20 electric buses for shuttle
service
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Games Village - Catering
Kitchen to serve 36,000 meals per day
International norms of hygiene
Regular food safety and food audit tests
All items to carry Nutrition & Allergic Foods
information
International nutrition standards to meet special
requirements
Menu from all six regions of the Commonwealth
Packed meals for athletes from Village
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Press Operations
•Main Press Center at Pragati Maidan Hall 12-12A
•Venue Media Centers in each stadia
•State of the Art facilities
• New Initiatives
- CATV in High-definition
- Live telecast from stadia
• 600 workstations
•Games News Service
•Press Conference Halls
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Broadcasting
Host Broadcaster-Doordarshan
Largest live television coverage for any Commonwealth Games –
including US and Canada
Extensive coverage through
› Network 10 and FoxTel in Australia
› TVNZ in New Zealand
› BBC in United Kingdom
› SABC in South Africa
› BON in Nigeria
› Asia Broadcasting Union (ABU) for key Asian Commonwealth
Countries
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SECURITY
Delhi Police ensuring safe Games
Security arrangements:
• Athlete security (Airport, Village etc)
• Venue security (Competition and Non
Competition)
• In – transit security
• Emergency Management
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Transport
Transport at three levels-T1 &
T2 cars,T3&T4 buses
Special buses with GPRS for:
› Athletes
› Delegates
› Media
All buses with special access
and seating
Specially marked lanes on key
roads for speedy movement
Metro services across the city
Airport Express Line
Park and Ride facility 29
DOPING CONTROL
•State-of-the-art Doping Control Stations at all competition
venues
•Dope Centre at Games Village
•Command Centre at Games Headquarters
•World class National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) at
Delhi
•Athlete anti-doping Outreach programme at the Village by 30
OC and WADA
Volunteers: “Face of the Games”
30,000 volunteers
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