Commonwealth Games hosts Ahmedabad vow to not repeat Delhi 2010 farce | Commonwealth Games

Ahmedabad has vowed to not make the identical errors as Delhi in 2010 and to “lay the foundations for the next 100 years” after being confirmed because the host of the 2030 Commonwealth Games.

Organisers stated that 15 to 17 sports activities would characteristic in 2030 – up from the ten that can characteristic in Glasgow subsequent summer time – together with athletics, swimming, desk tennis, bowls and netball. Twenty20 cricket and triathlon are on a provisional listing, with the method to find out the ultimate listing of sports activities beginning subsequent month.

The Indian metropolis has been chosen forward of a rival bid from Abuja in Nigeria and was given last approval at Commonwealth Sport’s common meeting in Glasgow on Wednesday .

With India closely concentrating on the 2036 Summer Olympics, organisers had been eager to emphasize the Commonwealth Games within the state of Gujarat would show they may organise a big multi-sport occasion with none hiccups.

That pledge got here after a query concerning the Delhi Games in 2010, which had been topic to quite a few unfavorable headlines and never solely about poor ticket gross sales and venues that had been completed on the final minute. The Commonwealth motion was shaken by Victoria’s choice to withdraw as host of subsequent 12 months’s Games in 2023, with Glasgow stepping in.

There was additionally an official criticism about water within the swimming pool so murky that left swimmers struggling to see, a malfunctioning safety barrier that speared the automotive of Uganda’s chef de mission and left him in hospital, and even cobras within the athletes’ village.

Shri Ashwini Kumar, Gujarat’s principal sports activities secretary, accepted the 2010 Games had confronted “some challenges”, however he insisted this time the organisers had been forward of schedule.

“The 2010 Games were one of the best Games that were hosted,” he stated. “But there were some challenges. This time, we are well prepared. The organising committee is going to be established within a month or so and our fundamentals are very strong.

“Most of the venues are already ready. The funding has been secured. The budgets have been very meticulously worked out. And we are very confident that we will deliver a Games which you will remember in years to come.”

That message was echoed by the president of the Commonwealth Games Association of India, Dr PT Usha, who pledged India would ship a “strong, inclusive, future-ready Commonwealth Games” that “advances the future” of the occasion.

“The 2030 Games will not only celebrate a hundred years of the Commonwealth movement but also lay the foundation for the next century,” she added. “It will bring together athletes, communities, and cultures from across the Commonwealth in a spirit of friendship and progress.”