Commonwealth Games Hosts Ahmedabad Vow Not To Repeat Delhi 2010 Farce

Ahmedabad has vowed not to make nan aforesaid mistakes arsenic Delhi successful 2010 and to “lay nan foundations for nan adjacent 100 years” aft being confirmed arsenic nan big of nan 2030 Commonwealth Games.

Organisers said that 15 to 17 sports would characteristic successful 2030 – up from nan 10 that will characteristic successful Glasgow adjacent summertime – including athletics, swimming, array tennis, bowls and netball. Twenty20 cricket and triathlon are connected a provisional list, pinch nan process to find nan last database of sports starting adjacent month.

The Indian metropolis had been selected up of a rival bid from Abuja successful Nigeria for nan multi-sport arena successful 5 years’ time, and was fixed last support astatine Commonwealth Sport’s wide assembly successful Glasgow connected Wednesday.

With India heavy targeting nan 2036 Summer Olympics, organisers were keen to accent that nan Commonwealth Games successful nan authorities of Gujarat would beryllium they could organise a ample multi-sport arena without immoderate hiccups.

That promise came aft a mobility astir nan Delhi Games successful 2010, which were taxable to galore antagonistic headlines – and not only astir mediocre summons income and venues that were vanished astatine nan past minute. The Commonwealth activity was shaken by Victoria’s determination to retreat arsenic big of adjacent year’s Games successful 2023, with Glasgow stepping in.

There was besides an charismatic title astir h2o successful nan swimming excavation truthful murky that near swimmers struggling to see, a malfunctioning information obstruction that speared nan car of Uganda’s cook de ngo and near him successful hospital, and moreover cobras successful nan athletes’ village.

Shri Ashwini Kumar, Gujarat’s main sports secretary, accepted nan 2010 Games had faced “some challenges”, but he insisted this clip nan organisers were up of schedule.

“The 2010 Games were 1 of nan champion Games that were hosted,” he said. “But location were immoderate challenges. This time, we are good prepared. The organising committee is going to beryllium established wrong a period aliases truthful and our fundamentals are very strong.

“Most of nan venues are already ready. The backing has been secured. The budgets person been very meticulously worked out. And we are very assured that we will present a Games which you will retrieve successful years to come.”

That connection was echoed by nan president of nan Commonwealth Games Association of India, Dr PT Usha, who pledged India would present a “strong, inclusive, future-ready Commonwealth Games” that “advances nan future” of nan event.