Commonwealth Games-New Delhi 2010

Gaurav_S · Post by **Gaurav_S** » 08 Oct 2010 10:35

India win gold in women's recurve team archery.

AoA..!!

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 08 Oct 2010 11:05

one reason england has caught up fast is because ozzies haven't sent their top athletes in some events allowing eng and canada to grab gold in those.

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 08 Oct 2010 11:39

Interestingly, Gagan Narang's win in the individual 10m air rifle ahead of Abhinav Bindra, is an unrecognized world record performance - with 703.6, he bettered his existing world record by 0.1 points. However, it wasn't recognized because the international shooting federation currently only recognizes scores made in the Olympics, world and continental level events.
Gagan Narang's new world record not yet ratified

Victor · Post by **Victor** » 08 Oct 2010 11:58

IndraD wrote:Panic struck the Commonwealth Games on Thursday as reports of leading swimmers from Australia and England being taken ill due to the poor quality of water

Why the friggin panic? Were the aussies the only ones using that pool or did they simply have the weakest stomachs?

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 08 Oct 2010 12:22

Gold #16: Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (Pairs)

AdityaM · Post by **AdityaM** » 08 Oct 2010 12:26

Victor wrote:
IndraD wrote:Panic struck the Commonwealth Games on Thursday as reports of leading swimmers from Australia and England being taken ill due to the poor quality of water
Why the friggin panic? Were the aussies the only ones using that pool or did they simply have the weakest stomachs?

Or its just a case of poor hygiene habits of the goras

Neela · Post by **Neela** » 08 Oct 2010 12:27

Victor wrote:
IndraD wrote:Panic struck the Commonwealth Games on Thursday as reports of leading swimmers from Australia and England being taken ill due to the poor quality of water
Why the friggin panic? Were the aussies the only ones using that pool or did they simply have the weakest stomachs?

Didn't Shane Warne also complain about the food after he was brutally massacred in the cricket pitch some 10 years ago.

Fact is, bacteria in the food is different from country to country. Even the most hygienically prepared food in England has bacteria and if an Indian goes there first time, he might have a problem.

The problem for Eng/Aus is that they do not have a such a variety of food back home. What do the English have? Big Potatoes. Small Potatoes.Normal potatoes. With this kind of exposure, the stomach is just extra careful when it sees the variety in India. If you travel widely you reduce the risk. It shows because only some members of the team are affected.

Which is why it is important to come early to such events and get acclimatized,

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 08 Oct 2010 12:35

somdev into final. sania getting thrashed in semis.

James B · Post by **James B** » 08 Oct 2010 12:38

Sania is a spent force. No enthusiasm at all.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 08 Oct 2010 12:38

Rahulm, and vice versa, most of the GB cycling stars are not here, allowing the aussies to win golds

either way...

massively improved showing across all categories by desh athletes... previously we would have come in 9-10th, now we're on average 4-5th in even the most TFTA events, gradually climbing up the ladder... hopefully this builds up some of the boys and girls for the 2012 olympics

Vasu · Post by **Vasu** » 08 Oct 2010 12:48

This entire event has been more about how India is taking care of the whites than anything else. Its very very frustrating to see the Indian media, especially the likes of The Tabloid, still focusing on such aspects as this Canadian athlete didn't like this, this Kiwi athlete liked that and so on and so forth.

Kudos to the Indian athletes for giving us such a fantastic performance across the board. The weekend is coming up and I am expecting a packed house at all venues. We should continue the same preparations till the next Olympics and touch wood, we should kick some major international ass in shooting, archery, wrestling and weightlifting.

Its not just Ashish Kumar who created a first with a medal in gymnastics, but India also won a bronze for the first time in swimming. 29 year old Prasanta Karmakar won a bronze in Mens 50 m freestyle.

There is a link on the official website for the Games merchandise. Checked it out, and what they have on sale online is very disappointing. Mostly buttons, mugs, and some t-shirts and caps. I've told one of my buddies to visit the venue and we expect that there will be a better merchandise stall at the venues.

Was watching an idiot reporter interviewing a wrestling gold medal winner. He asked him how he felt about winning the gold and that he would go back into oblivion once the games are over and cricket takes over again. Even the wrestler looked at him ludicrously.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 08 Oct 2010 12:55

our DDM are seriously Dorked up... i guess they remove large parts of the brain at journalism kallej before sending them out with mike and tv cam in hand

(not true, most of the serious newspapers have very highly qualified boys and girls - but they are probably too bookish to get into the passion and excitement of sports)

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 08 Oct 2010 13:21

gold in shooting

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 08 Oct 2010 13:26

CWG condom "cock-up"! At last Kalmadi can claim that the Games were a "Sex-cess"!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/oc ... dom-drains

Huge Commonwealth Games cock-up leads to condoms blocking drainsDelhi event's organisers 'working around the clock' to remove thousands of condoms obstructing plumbing at athletes' village

Huge Commonwealth Games cock-up leads to condoms blocking drainsDelhi event's organisers 'working around the clock' to remove thousands of condoms obstructing plumbing at athletes' village
Jason Burke in Delhi guardian.co.uk, Thursday 7 October 2010

It has been a tradition to provide free condoms to athletes since the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. Photograph: Getty Images

The troubled Commonwealth Games in Delhi have been hit by a new problem: thousands of condoms blocking drains at the £150m athletes' village.

Games organisers have said they will work round the clock to clear the prophylactics from pipes at the accommodation blocks housing more than 7,000 athletes and officials.

Mike Fennell, president of the Commonwealth Games Federation, sought to put a positive spin on the story at a news conference, saying: "If that is happening, it shows that there is use of condoms and I think that is a very positive story. Athletes are being responsible."

"If they are so active then that's very good," a spokesperson for the organisers said. "We are promoting safe sex."

One official told the local Mail Today newspaper, which broke the story, that more than 4,000 condoms had already been taken from free vending machines since athletes started arriving 10 days ago.

The condom blockage follows an outbreak of gastrocolic problems such as diarrhoea among swimmers this week. Fennell said an urgent inquiry had been ordered into whether contaminated water at the event's newly refurbished swimming pool was responsible for 15 Australian and English swimmers becoming sick.

"If there is something that is unsafe, you can't swim in that water. It's a matter we have to deal with with the greatest of urgency," said Fennell, who has been criticised for his handling of the chaotic runup to the games.

The Indian organisers have insisted that water in both the main pool and the warm-up pool at the aquatic complex was tested, with nothing untoward found. "We don't know why they have fallen ill but it is not the water. Not all the swimmers have fallen sick. Maybe this group went out to eat something somewhere," a spokeswoman said.

A spokesman for Australia's swimming team, Lachlan Searle, said "about a half-dozen" swimmers had been affected by stomach problems. At least three Australians are thought to have gastroenteritis.

Caroline Searle, the England team spokeswoman, said fewer than one in 10 of England's 541 athletes had been affected by a "mild 24-hour stomach condition" since arriving in Delhi.

"Not everybody all in one sport has been ill. There are little pockets across all sports. The levels of mild 24-hour stomach conditions are in fact lower than we anticipated," she said. "We are not complacent as they may well rise in coming days but no athlete has so far been forced to miss any session through illness."

The England hockey team has been affected.

Crowds have continued to be thin at most of the venues but Suresh Kalmadi, chairman of the local organising committee, said 125,000 tickets had been sold in recent days, promising full stands in coming days. Earlier in the week he suggested free tickets might be distributed to school children or the poor to fill seats.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 08 Oct 2010 13:37

western media is really scraping the barrell to find bad news stories...
no doubt the aussies will be back with more later...

AbhishekD · Post by **AbhishekD** » 08 Oct 2010 14:00

17th Gold, 25m Rifle. The gold rush continues. India doing phenomenal in these CWG

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 08 Oct 2010 14:04

ndtv

I am ashamed to be called a Bengali swimmer, says Prasanta

Press Trust of India, Updated: Thu, Oct 7, 2010 9:47 IST
I am ashamed to be called a Bengali swimmer, says Prasanta New Delhi: Upset over his alleged ill treatment by West Bengal Sports Ministry, bronze medalist Prasanta Karmakar on Wednesday said he is "ashamed" to be called a Bengali swimmer.

Karmakar, who created history on Wednesday by bagging country's first medal in swimming, said he was given "step-motherly" treatment by the sports ministry of the state he hails from.

He said his silver medal at the Asian championship in 2006 was ignored by the Bengal sports department and as a result, the swimmer, who lost his right palm in a road accident, shifted base to Haryana.

"I showed my Asian silver medal to the then sports minister Subhas Chakraborty. We were made to wait for hours to meet him. They just said 'khub bhalo' (good achievement). But nobody came forward to support me despite my several requests," Karmakar told PTI.

He added, "After the step-motherly treatment, I am ashamed to be called a Bengali swimmer. I am proud to represent Haryana who have supported me all the way along."

Asked if given a fresh offer, would be go back to Bengal, the Kolkata swimmer, who is the Asian No 3 in S-9 category, said, "Never."

"There is no job for us (para-sport athletes). Hope this medal of mine will get jobs for everyone," he said flashing his bronze medal.

After moving to Haryana, Karmakar got trained under two of India's best swimming coaches Virdhawal Khade and Sandeep Sejwal at the K C Reddy Swimming Centre in Bangalore.

"It's all because of them in Bangalore, I could achieve this. They keep guiding me always and I am improving my timing gradually," he said.

Karmakar lost his palm after a freak mishap when he was seven years old.

In recent times, he has bagged got a bronze at the IPC World Championships in Germany and broke three Asian records in 50m backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 08 Oct 2010 14:23

AbhishekD wrote:17th Gold, 25m Rifle. The gold rush continues. India doing phenomenal in these CWG

fingers crossed, canada is creeping slowly but surely (atleast in numbers of golds)

Vasu · Post by **Vasu** » 08 Oct 2010 14:32

After moving to Haryana, Karmakar got trained under two of India's best swimming coaches Virdhawal Khade and Sandeep Sejwal at the K C Reddy Swimming Centre in Bangalore.

uhh, coaches? Sandeep Sejwal is 21 years old and India's best senior swimmer. Virdhawal Khade is 19 years old and another national record holder. Perhaps PTI means that he got to train with the best swimming coaches (Nihar Ameen) and two of India's best swimmers.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 08 Oct 2010 14:39

no no, he was swimming under (the water) of these two others!
get with the DDM mindset dood!

Tanaji · Post by **Tanaji** » 08 Oct 2010 14:53

Huge Commonwealth Games cock-up leads to condoms blocking drainsDelhi event's organisers 'working around the clock' to remove thousands of condoms obstructing plumbing at athletes' village

Under what stretch of imagination is that a fault of the organizers? Which stupid throws condoms in the toilet?

Vasu · Post by **Vasu** » 08 Oct 2010 14:59

Mrs. Malik comes from behind to enter the finals of the women's singles event.

She beat Olivia Rogowska 1-6, 6-4,6-4.

Apparently the websense category "Sports" is blocked by my company's internet policy. Can somebody please oblige and post the latest medals tally of the first few teams?

Gracias.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 08 Oct 2010 15:00

who is mrs malik? i only know of a mr mirza...

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 08 Oct 2010 15:00

no wonder, subhash chakrobarty was known more for filling party gatherings with unwilling school children and the number of his mistresses than any real work on sports. even the TT guys who performed very well at CWG, most of whom were from WB were not even given an official reception, let alone a prize of any kind.

in other news sania comes back from behind to get into singles finals, somdev is already in the men's finals. rohan/somdev and lee/hesh are currently battling it out in 2 diff semis.

3 of our women wrestlers are in finals.

men's recurve archery was a disappointment, we got bronze. good news is eng lost to us and didn't get a medal.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 08 Oct 2010 15:37

Uncle fennel expects everything to go his way?
Forget national security and show aerial shots of the cyclists?

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/103 ... ssion.html

TV helicopters yet to get permission to fly over no-fly zone
New Delhi, Oct 8.

Commonwealth Games organisers are running from pillar to post seeking approval to fly choppers over restricted zone for TV coverage of the two upcoming road events prompting CGF chief Mike Fennell on Friday to lay the blame for the predicament on their ''inexperience''.

At his customary morning press briefing Fennell said the Federation has concerns over the issue though OC Secretary General Lalit Bhanot assured that TV coverage from air would be possible with Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar seized of the matter.

"Getting clearance for helicopters should have been done before. There was no clear understanding how important coverage from air is for such events. This could be put down to inexperience in terms of hosting events like this," Fennell said.

There is a no-fly zone over the the heart of national capital as it houses Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House, Prime Minister's residence and many other vital installations and the events are to be held on Sunday (road cycling) and on October 14 (marathon).

"Anyway planning should have been done before," Fennell said while Bhanot added that Chandrasekhar is chairing a meeting today to sort out the issue.

The CGF chief said the host broadcaster (Doordarshan) is obliged to provide aerial shots of the two road events.

However, he said there was no "Plan-B" to ensure TV coverage from air. On a non-sport point of view, Fennell said the aerial shots of Delhi will be a "scenic appearance" and its broadcast all over the world would be a "fantastic" promotion of the city.

Fennell pointed out that helicopter coverage is a norm for international events. "There are no-fly zones in all cities. We respect that. What is done today is that OC is seeking to get approval for TV helicopters to fly."

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 08 Oct 2010 17:14

looks like another indian wrestler alka tomar has man-handled her TFTA opponent and snagged gold. I absolutely love it we are showing some meat in these contact sports and tell the tfta's who we are.

Pratyush · Post by **Pratyush** » 08 Oct 2010 17:19

these guys have come to town with a sweage drian inspectors mindset.

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 08 Oct 2010 18:08

Tell him there are fire by wire Akash batteries installed all over the place to enforce NFZ. Wish him good luck and ask him to get on a chopper himself.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 08 Oct 2010 18:15

ashish kumar gets silver in gymnastics ! incredible, it's an unknown sports as far we are concerned.

svenkat · Post by **svenkat** » 08 Oct 2010 18:22

There is a gladiatorial aspect to sports.Regarding gymnastics,there are extremely poor people walkings on poles,beams to eke out a living.They can be one group among others who can be trained in gymnastics.Incredible to see womens hunger in so many sports.

CWG is an eye opener and game changer.India Rising indeed.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 08 Oct 2010 18:25

ian thorpe former aussie olympic swimming super star in an interview on the bbc is ridiculing those complaining about dirty pools etc., says - all rubbish, just get on with it, and in the process shutting down leading question from interviewer looking for a controversy. also saying, goras need to get used to the fact that the rest of the world is what it is.

good grief, an aussie with brains?!!?!?

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 08 Oct 2010 19:02

he learnt swimming in the sea, not in pools.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 08 Oct 2010 19:14

DNA report on Munich style terror plot for CWG.

http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_te ... ce_1449233

Terrorists planning Munich-type carnage: Intelligence
Published: Friday, Oct 8, 2010, 0:52 IST
By Aditya Kaul | Place: New Delhi | Agency: DNA

Security and intelligence agencies have received inputs that a terrorist group is planning to carry out a Munich Olympic-type hostage massacre at the Commonwealth Games. At the 1972 Munich Olympics, 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and murdered by terrorist group Black September.

The identity of the group planning attacks is not known, but the information has forced security agencies to take guard. According to intelligence agencies, buses carrying players and coaches are likely targets.

In Delhi, those in charge of security have been holding meetings with Delhi Police officers to discuss the report. Team buses, which run on designated lanes, appear to be most vulnerable, as they travel side by side with general traffic. Such buses are escorted by two vehicles carrying security men.

The buses used by Games officials, players and contingents have been classified into four categories (T1-T4). The first two are meant for organising committee and Games federation members. T-3 and T-4are meant for players and coaches.

On Thursday, Delhi police commissioner YS Dadwal held a meeting with security chiefs and decided to deploy more policemen at vulnerable spots.

PS:Wonderful,letting the terrorists know which buses the athletes and officials are in!

jagga · Post by **jagga** » 08 Oct 2010 19:15

Malaysia camp blamed for swimmers' bug

The 16 Australian swimmers struck by a stomach bug probably picked up the infection at their training camp before arriving in New Delhi for the Commonwealth Games, the team's chief doctor says.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 08 Oct 2010 19:18

^^^ ah phew, atleast we can shift the blame onto another SDRE!

jagga · Post by **jagga** » 08 Oct 2010 19:20

^^ I wont be surprised if a terror attack on CWG happens and member of purelander's contingent turns out to be jihadi

jagga · Post by **jagga** » 08 Oct 2010 19:23

Commonwealth Games 2010: Chef de mission Pakistan gets robbed

The chef de Mission of the Pakistan contingent has claimed the theft of 24,800 Indian rupees from his room in the Games Village.

Angry Shah also told the correspondents that he had told the managers of the Village not to allow any outsider into the rooms of any member of the Pakistani contingent in their absence. He added that he apprehends that someone stole the master key of the Village to break into his room and steal the money.

Hai Allah, Bhikhari's are getting robbed in daylight

P.S:1 INR ~ 2 PKR, more rona dhona

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 08 Oct 2010 19:35

So it's not the "Delhi Belly",but the "Durian Diar-run"!

Meanwhile ....."Give us this day our Delhi disaster"

Commonwealth Games 2010: What's going wrong in Delhi today?
Empty stands, blocked lavatories, collapsing scoreboards, vomiting swimmers and striking officials – it's been a shocking few days for Commonwealth Games organisers.
08 Oct 2010

Take a seat: Delhiites have yet to catch Commonwealth Games fever Photo: GETTY IMAGES

Gold medals are being decided in blue-riband events such as swimming and athletics, but the whole event continues to be overshadowed by problems affecting athletes, spectators and officials. Here's a round-up of exactly what's been going wrong.

Friday

Pakistan's chef-de-mission – Dr M Ali Shah – claims Rs24,800 was stolen form his hotel room while he ate breakfast at this team's hotel.
Athletics judges are threatening to strike unless there is an improvement in their transport arrangements. Officials were kept waiting for buses to take them to their hotels for four hours on the opening night of the athletics programme, with many not getting to bed until 2am before having to return to the stadium six hours later. Full story ...
Thursday

Athletics officials banned from using 'recall’ gun to signal false starts. Instead, they had to make do with an old-fashioned gun that produces a much quieter bang. Athletes in a men’s 100 metres heat failed to hear the recall and carried on to the finish. The race had to be rerun. The problem has been made worse by the noise inside the stadium, with spectators refusing to be quiet at the start of races.
Drains in the athletes' village are blocked due to thousands of condoms being flushed away. "If that is happening, it shows that there is use of condoms and I think that is a very positive story," said Commonwealth Federation President Mike Fennell. Full story ...
Electronic scoreboard collapsed at the rugby sevens venue. Full story ...
Ugandan officials were injured when their car crashed following a malfunction of a security barrier.
Journalists complained about failing technology causing late notification of event results.
Spectators were turned away from booths which were unable to print their tickets.
Police raided organising committee HQ. They discovered that accreditation for 2,000 athletes and officials had been incorrectly awarded.
Stomach bug continued to sweep through athletes’ village.
Wednesday

Three hours before the dight-day athletics competition began, an army of workers was still struggling to prepare the shot putt ring, erect the net around the hammer ring, put up hoardings and assemble the medal podiums.
Buckets of thick mud had to be dragged out of the steeplechase water jump with workers using a cycle-wheelbarrow to ferry it away.
Spectators were few and far between for the athletics – just 6,000 were in a stadium designed for 10 times that number
Commonwealth Games Diary – latest from Delhi with Rod Gilmour.

Here is why the Ugandans are furious at the OC's indifference to their injured officials and boycotted an official dinner.

More seriously, the fortress-like security at the Games claimed its first victims when a high-tech device that was meant to prevent attacks on the athletes’ village ended up seriously injuring three senior officials of the Ugandan team.

A car carrying the officials was entering the village late on Tuesday night when a tyre killer – a sharp-edged barrier that stays below the ground when authorized vehicles are being let in – rose suddenly and hit the vehicle.

The car braked sharply and hit a barrier, injuring chef de mission William Tumwine, an administrative officer and the team’s press attaché.
Tumwine and the administrator were rushed to hospital for emergency eye surgery

Commonwealth Games 2010: athletics judges threaten to strike as Delhi chaos continues
Judges for the athletics competition at the Jarwaharal Nehru Stadium have threatened to down tools and walk out, wrecking the centrepiece of the troubled Commonwealth Games, unless there is an improvement in their shambolic transport arrangements.

By Simon Hart and Jacquelin Magnay
Published: 10:30PM BST 07 Oct 2010

Wheels coming off: officials at the athletics stadium have threatened to strike over poor transport arrangements Photo: GETTY IMAGES

Officials were kept waiting for buses to take them to their hotels for four hours on the opening night of the athletics programme on Wednesday, with many not getting to bed until 2am before having to return to the stadium six hours later.

The organising committee has been put on notice that any repeat will lead to a strike by the hundreds of judges and technical staff needed to run the athletics competition.

An immediate walk-out was only avoided after the beleaguered chairman of the organising committee, Suresh Kalmadi, gave his assurance that the situation would improve.

The angry mood among officials was communicated to him at a meeting yesterday with Keith Davies, the British technical director of the International Association of Athletics Federations, and Bill Bailey, an Australian IAAF Council member and technical delegate to the Delhi Commonwealth Games.

The strike threat is the latest crisis to engulf the athletics competition after emergency repairs were required to the surface of the running track when it was damaged by Sunday’s opening ceremony.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 08 Oct 2010 19:42

if you look at the amount of equipment the atheletes and officials bring in, including firearms... one wonders how much security clearance is required to clear everything... no doubt the paquis will have done something!

i am surprised that minister shah only got robbed, i was expecting him to be found with 2000 of the 4000 'missing' condoms up his musharraf, administered by angry wrestlers...

GOI needs to have a serious media-handling wake up call after these games, learn some lessons!

sunnyP · Post by **sunnyP** » 08 Oct 2010 20:04

James B wrote:Sania is a spent force. No enthusiasm at all.

She is too fat to be a professional athlete. If someone does not have the discipline tp look after their diet and fitness then they have no hope as an athlete.