Delhi 2010
1. Fat men can be winners.
Geoff Huegill won gold by giving up the pizza. Weight lifter Damon Kelly won gold by quite possibly eating more triple cheese super supremes than anyone in history – for breakfast. Whatever works, fellas.
2. You can feed a family Chicken Madras for under $10!
Don’t ask me how I know this. Somehow, the message has subliminally lodged in my brain, along with a really annoying tune… Daa de da-da. Da-da.
3. Who cares if the Games are second best?
Pollster Ross Neilson says the Comm. Games are stale and outdated. Well, if you subscribe to that view, I guess you won’t be watching this summer’s Ashes.
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It turns out I’m not the only one who thinks the Commonwealth Games are an anachronistic oddity - some of the Australian team clearly shares that view and has taken it to another level.
Two Aussie athletes in two days have demonstrated just how little respect they have for Games authorities and their fellow competitors.
Remember how we all thought the US swim team were a big bunch of nobs at Sydney 2000, with their pool deck posing and big talk? At least when we beat them they didn’t flip the bird at the officials.
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Ken says:
Aussies only like watching sport not doing it. Why else are we the FATTEST nation on earth, moreso than the US? Read more »
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Ex-Australian in USA says:
Thank you Brissy Girl for you kind words and sharing your insight into American sportsmen. Having lived in the US for the past 25 years and traveled most of the country, I have found that the vast majority of Americans are as you describe, gracious and friendly. Some are loud… Read more »
If India was hoping to strike gold by hosting the 2010 Commonwealth Games, it now looks more like it landed a lead balloon.
A week before the opening ceremony and there has been more controversy off the field than in any of the scheduled competition events at the Games.
As athletes start to arrive in Delhi this week, the loudest chatter on online news sites in recent days has been not on our gold medal hopes, but on the poor standard of accommodation, health risks and terrorism fears.
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marley says:
Oh for heavens’ sakes. I lived in Delhi for a couple of years, back in the 90s. Sure there were problems - don’t drink the water, be careful with the food, be prepared to deal with insanitary conditions and infrastructure that isn’t all that it should be. And there were… Read more »
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Jugger says:
There’s a name for all this hype, and its called a moral panic. Delhi will be the safest city in the Commonwealth for the period of The Games, because the Indian Government will want to show the world that India is a safe place to visit, therefore security will be… Read more »
Watching Robert de Castella win the marathon at the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games is one of my favourite sporting memories. De Castella trailed two runners from Tanzania for most of the race, eventually powering home to win in the last 100 metres. It’s what the Commonwealth Games is all about.
During the Republic debate in 1999, one of the most frequently asked questions was if Australia became a Republic could we still attend the Commonwealth Games? The answer of course was yes, but it showed how much the Commonwealth Games is part of our rich sporting history and national identity.
In just nine days, 390 Australian athletes will join 7,000 athletes and officials from 71 nations around the world to write the newest chapter in Commonwealth Games history.
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Blancha says:
Why was India chsoen as a venue for these games in the first place? Someone really dropped the ball! Read more »
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Chan says:
Hi JP the only peolpe I feel sorry for are the kids they are using as child laborers. Hey Nancie it's incredible, the organizers and fat cats have been too busy counting their profits, they haven't had time to check out the preparations. Read more »
Way back in 2003 it must have seemed like a great idea to have the Commonwealth Games in colourful, on-the-move Delhi instead of the other front-runner, Hamilton in Ontario Canada.
But in 2010 the decision by the Commonwealth Games Federation General Assembly to send hundreds of fresh-faced athletes from 72 nations into a hotbed of terror threats and general chaos now looks, at the very best, reckless.
At worst, the Federation could end up sacrificing athletes and spectators to an unjustified cause. While acknowledging the strength of the argument to pull out now would “mean the terrorists win” – knowingly putting people in harms way won’t achieve anything.
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X says:
What India lacks and needs badly is people with project management skills. It seems their preparations have no planning, no monitoring, no contingency plans, and no responsibility delegation. Read more »
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IS says:
If I can just add to nitin malik’s point about the risk of terrorism being present everywhere… the 1996 Atlanta Olympics also showed us that even sporting events in Western countires are not immune to terrorism prompted by religous (Christian, in that case) fundamentalism. And I bring that up to… Read more »
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