Commonwealth Games 2010 Updates

Commonwealth Games(CWG) 2010 medal list News and Updates.

Commonwealth Games (CWG 2010) medal tally: India takes 3 more, reaches 26, Australia 56. India maintains second spot as England being left behind with 24 Gold Medals.

India keeps alive its dreams to be the second finisher on the medal table of the Commonwealth Games 2010. The hosts could maintain their second spot in the medal table on the fourth day of the Games in New Delhi.

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India's Commonwealth Games gold medallist in discus throw Krishna Poonia Wednesday called on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister C.P. Joshi and thanked him for his 'constant encouragement'.

Twenty-eight-year old Poonia, a farmer's daughter and mother of a nine-year-old boy said such felicitations will boost her confidence and she hopes to 'emulate the feat' at the next Asian Games and Olympics, a rural development ministry release stated.

Poonia from Gagarwas village in Rajasthan was reported to have found it difficult to raise funds for her training sessions. She is now busy attending felicitations and receiving cash prizes for her historic performance Monday ensuring a top podium finish by hurling the discus to a distance of 61.51 metres.

The last time such a feat was achieved in track and field was 37 years ago by the Indian men's trio of shot putters Jugraj Singh, Gurdeep Singh and Bahadur Singh Chouhan at the Asian Championships at Manila.

Joshi said Poonia has made the country proud with her 'glorious achievement'.

He added that her performance will motivate the youngsters to participate in the track and field events.

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Australia	64	41	39	144
India	31	25	28	84
England	28	49	36	113
Canada	23	15	29	67
South Africa	12	11	9	32
Nigeria	8	7	11	26
Kenya	8	6	7	21
Malaysia	7	8	8	23
Singapore	6	5	6	17
Scotland	5	8	7	20
Samoa	3	0	1	4
New Zealand	2	17	6	25
Jamaica	2	3	1	6
Pakistan	2	1	2	5
Cyprus	2	0	1	3
Uganda	2	0	0	2
Wales	1	5	10	16
Bahamas	1	1	3	5
Nauru	1	1	0	2
Botswana	1	0	3	4
Cayman Islands	1	0	0	1
Trinidad and Tobago	0	2	2	4
Cameroon	0	1	3	4
Sri Lanka	0	1	1	2
Northern Ireland	0	1	1	2
St. Vincent & The Grenadines	0	1	0	1
Papua New Guinea	0	1	0	1
Seychelles	0	1	0	1
Ghana	0	0	3	3
Isle of Man	0	0	2	2
Namibia	0	0	2	2
Bangladesh	0	0	1	1
Guyana	0	0	1	1

Commonwealth Games (CWG 2010) medal tally

India takes 3 more, reaches 17, Australia 35.

Commonwealth Games 2010 News Updates! Commonwealth Games (CWG 2010) medal tally: India takes 3 more, reaches 17, Australia 35. India maintains second spot as England being left behind.

India keeps alive its dreams to be the second finisher on the medal table of the Commonwealth Games 2010. The hosts could maintain their second spot in the medal table on the fourth day of the Games in New Delhi.

Indian athletes bagged 10 more medals including three gold ones on Thursday. Most medals came from shooting, archery, weightlifting and wrestling competitions.

Indian shooters Gurpeet Singh, Vijay Kumar and Omkar Singh ensured the country’s domination at the shooting range of the Games on Thursday also. Earlier on Wednesday, top Indian shooters like Gagan and Bindra had showcased some scintillating performances.

Gurpeet was the leader of medals in the Dr: Karni Shooting Range on the fourth day of the Games. Gurpeet joined hands with Kumar and Omkar respectively to win gold medals in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol and 10m Air Pistol items.

One another gold medal for India came through Geeta, the first women wrestler for the country to grab gold in the Commonwealth Games. Geeta pulled down Australia’s Emily Bensted in the 55kg category. The wrestler from Haryana had marched into the finals trouncing Nigeria’s Lovina Odohi Edward.

India pocketed a number of silver medals on Thursday through shooter Ronjan Sondhi, men’s Archery Compound Team and grappler Nirmala Devi. Meanwhile, Indian women’s Archery Compound Team, woman wrestler Suman Kundu, weightlifter Sudhir Kumar and gymnast Ashish Kumar (floor exercise) bagged bronze medals for India.

In the same time, swimmers mostly from England raised some concerns about the hygiene of pools of the Commonwealth Games 2010. Athletes are scared of some pool-related sickness, reports said. However Michael Fennell, chief of Commonwealth Games Federation and Suresh Kalmadi, chairman Organizing Committee of the Games have promised an inquiry into the issues.

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Kailash Kher releasing a song on Commonwealth Games.

Commonwealth Games 2010 News Updates! Controversial news surrounding Commonwealth Games might have deafened you. But here is a news, which gives a soothing experience to your ears. Singer Kailash Kher has composed and crooned a song.

The Allah ke Bande singer has crooned 'Yahan jashn manao, mere sang nacho...'. He will officially launch the song on October 1, just two days before the mega sports event. His long time associates Naresh & Paresh have co-composed the song.

However, Oscar award winner AR Rahman has composed CWG theme song, which is directed by Shyam Benegal and produced by Bharat Bala. The song has got mixed reviews.

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2010 Commonwealth Games Venues, Schedules, Tickets, Stadium - a review.

Commonwealth Games 2010 will shine : IOC president slams media.

Despite of listening to the news of allegations of corruption and poor preparation of Common wealth Games 2010 venues, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge on Tuesday confidently predicted the success of the game and was firm in his view that India will shine with this game.

After listening to the positive comments of the IOC president it makes our heart feel better but we can’t disguise ourselves to what we see. The situation is getting grave with the passage of time which could be easily made from the reaction of Prime Minister after his reviews of the venues just a few days back.

Things were so pathetic that the PM had to frame a supervising Committee that would monitor progress and ensure contractors with the fresh deadlines.

Slippages, deficiencies in Commonwealth Games related projects.

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) have found deficiencies and slippages in various Commonwealth Games-related projects.

In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Prithviraj Chavan said, “The Chief Technical Examiner's Unit of the Central Vigilance Commission, as its routine work, had undertaken intensive examination of works related to Commonwealth Games. The Commission in its inquiry found that works were awarded at higher rates and the quality of the works was also not up to the mark.”

Ineligible agencies were also awarded the works. The Commission has advised the organisations concerned to take corrective steps in the works inspected, he said.

Chidambaram reviews security arrangements for Commonwealth Games.

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, who reviewed the security measures for the 2010 Commonwealth Games on Wednesday said security overlays for the Games will be completed by September 15.

Union Home Secretary G K Pillai, Delhi Police Commissioner Yudhbir Singh Dadwal and senior officials from Intelligence agencies and National Security Guards briefed him about the measures for the upcoming event.

According to the security plan, athletes, officials and guests can visit the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium only by bus and no VIPs, except the heads of state, will be allowed to take their cars in. Parking arrangement has been made for 150 buses at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium.

Commonwealth Games 2010 Theme Song : Not upto Expectations ?

A R Rahman unveiled his Commonwealth Games theme song composition yesterday which has got mixed reviews so far, however you must know what they say about A R Rahman music, that is more you hear his tune, the more you get to like it.

CWG Organising Committee's Executive Board member V K Malhotra is the first big name who was not impressed by the song and has appealed for rework on the song. "This song has fallen short of expectations. We had a expected a better anthem for the Games from a composer of Rahman's status," Malhotra said.

However, there are large number of people who are satisfied with the song and already looking for the lyrics to remember and sing it to impress others.

One of our readers wrote to us, 'Whenever something big happens, it is bound to receive different reviews as all of us different and have different needs'. Another reader named Aman wrote that 'It is not possible for great Rahman to please everybody all the time with his work, although I'm pretty happy with tune and already making an attempt to remember the song'.

4 wrestlers, shotputter in CWG squad fail dope test

In a major embarrassment for the country ahead of the Commonwealth Games, eight Indian sportspersons, including five who were selected for the event, have tested positive for a banned substance.

Heading the list of the tainted is Olympian wrestler Rajiv Tomar, who was being seen as a bright prospect for a Commonwealth gold medal and had received the Arjuna Award barely five days ago.

Among the dope offenders, six are wrestlers and two athletes. Of them, four wrestlers and Sourabh Vij of Delhi had been named in the national squads for the Games.

The drug they tested positive for was methylhexaneamine, a stimulant in the non-specified category, banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency in 2010. Intended to be a nasal decongestant, it is being marketed as a dietary supplement and a party pill.