2010 Commonwealth Games

 The 19th edition was in Delhi India 🇮🇳 from October 3-14. 71 nations and 4352 athletes competed in 272 events and 21 sports. Charles, Prince of Wales and President of India Pratibha Patil opened the games, athlete's oath by Abhined Bindra and Sushil Kumar was final baton runner. Main venue was Jawaharlal Nehru stadium.  2nd time the games was in a country not headed by British Monarchy. Fiji had been suspended from Commonwealth and Tokelau 🇹🇰 did not send a team. Rwanda 🇷🇼 debuted here.  Triathlon and basketball were dropped,  but archery, tennis and wrestling were added. 36 nations won a medal. 12 podium sweeps. Australia was first in golds and overall with 74g, 55s, 48b for 171 total. India was 2nd in golds and 3rd overall with 38g, 27s, 36b for 101. England was 3rd in golds and 2nd overall with 37g, 60s, 45b for 142. Canada was 4th in both with 26g, 17s, 32b for 75. New Zealand was 11th in golds and 5th overall with 6g, 22s, 8b for 36. Malaysia was tied for 5th in gold and tied for 6th overall with 12g, 10s, 13b for 35. Nigeria was also tied for 6th overall and tied for 8th in gold (with Singapore) with 11g, 10s and 14b for 35. Kenya and South Africa were tied for 5th in gold (with Malaysia) and tied for 8th overall. Both had 12g, 11s  10b for 33.  Tomorrow  -  2014 in Glasgow Scotland. Here is the logo for 2010 (and its a neat one).


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