the 19th Commonwealth Games

The 19th Commonwealth Games ended on October 14, 2010. For record, I am putting down some important facts about the games:12 day event, from October 3 to 14, 2010

• Next games: 2010 in Glasgow, Scotland
• Participants: 71 nations and C’wealth territories
• Mascot: Shera, the tiger
• Over a hundred C’Wealth records were broken.
• Top countries in the medal tally:

--Australia: gold 74 + silver 55+ bronze 48=177
--India: gold 38+ silver 27+ bronze 36=101
--England: gold 37+ silver 59+bronze 46=142

• India’s gold medal break-up:

--Shooting Men 11+Women 3=14
--Wrestling Men 7+ Women 3=10
--Archery Men 1+ Women 2=3
--Boxing Men 3
--Athletics Women2
--Weightlifting Men 1+ Women 1=2
--Badminton Women2
--TT, tennis Men2

I will give details of Indian medal winners in another post.