2014 Commonwealth Games (XX Commonwealth Games)

VENUE - Glasgow, Scotland

DATES - 23 July to 3 August 2014.
MOTTO - Bring it on
NATIONS PARTICIPATING - 71 participating teams
ATHLETES PARTICIPATING - 4947
EVENTS - 261 IN 18 SPORTS
Aquatic
Diving
Swimming
Athletics
Badminton
Boxing
Cycling
Mountain Biking
Road
Track
Gymnastics
Artistic
Rhythmic
Hockey
Judo
Lawn Balls
Net ball
Rugby seven
Shooting
Squash
Table tennis
Triathlon
Weightlifting
Wrestling (Freestyle)
OFFICIALLY OPENED BY- Elizabeth II
QUEENS BATON RELAY
Over a period of 288 days the baton will visit 70 nations and territories, cover
190,000 kilometres and involve a third of the world's population, making it the
world's most engaging relay.

Launched on - 9 October 2013 from Buckingham Palace, where Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II placed Her message to the Commonwealth into the baton.

The baton will then depart from Glasgow for its epic journey, beginning in Asia,
visiting India, the Host Nation of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.

The Queens Baton Relay will conclude its journey at the Games Opening Ceremony
on 23 July 2014.

Final runner - Sir Chris Hoy
MAIN VENUE - Celtic Park(opening ceremony), Hampden Park(closing ceremony)
BIDDING RESULTS - Glasgow, Scotland 47 votes
Abuja, Nigeria 24 votes
MEDAL TALLY
1. England-174 (58G 59S 57B)
2. Australia-137 (49G 42S 46B)
3. Canada-82 (32G 16S 34B)
4. Scotland-53 (19G 15S 19B)
5. India- (15G 30S 19B)
MASCOT
Clyde, a thistle named after the river which flows through the centre of Glasgow,
Designed by Beth Gilmour, who won a competition run by Glasgow 2014 for children
to design the Mascot
DRUG TESTING AND DOPING
Nigeria's Chika Amalaha failed a doping test and was stripped of a gold medal in
the women's 53 kg weightlifting.

In the women's 400 metres final, Botswana's Amantle Montsho placed fourth; she was
subsequently provisionally suspended pending the results of a B sample after failing a
doping test.
INDIAN WINNERS
GOLD MEDALS
Wrestling
1. Yogeshwar Dutt: In Mens wrestling, 65 kg freestyle Yogeshwar Dutt brought laurels to the
country by clinching gold medal after defeating Canadas Jevon Balfour in the final.
2. Sushil Kumar: In Mens wrestling, 75kg freestyle Sushil Kumar defeated Qamar Abbas of
Pakistan what turned out to be a lopsided event. In just 107 minutes Sushil trounced his
opponent to take home gold.
3. Amit Kumar: Nigerian Ebikweminomo Welson was Amit Kumars opponent in the final of
Mens wrestling, 57kg freestyle. Amit defeated Welson 3-1 to claim the gold medal.
4. Babita Kumari: In Womens wrestling; 55 kg freestyle Babita Kumari completely dominated
the proceedings over Canadas Brittanee Laverdure and defeated her 9-2 in the finals for the
coveted gold medal.
5. Vinesh Phogat: InWomens wrestling, 48kg freestyle youngster Vinesh Phogat who is just 19
years old defeated Yana Rattigan of England by 11-8 to be part of the glorious 15.
Shooting
1. Jitu Rai: InMens shooting, 50 m Pistol Jitu Rai who set finals games record gathering a total
of 194.1 points won gold for his country. Gurpal Singh with 187.2 points settled with silver in
this category.
2. Abhinav Bindra: In Mens 10m Air Rifleformer Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra
claimed his first individual gold at the commonwealth Games when he finished witha final
games record score of 205.3.
3. Rahi Sarnobat: Itwas an all-Indian affair in the final of Womens shooting 25 m Pistol event
as Rahi Sarnobat defeated Anisa Sayyed to clinch the gold medal.
4. Apurvi Chandela: InWomens shooting, 10 m Air Rifle rising star Apurvi Chandela claimed
her first international medal. Apurvi triumphed over her compatriot Ayonika Paul to win the
gold medal.
Weightlifting
1. Satish Sivalingam: In Mens weightlifting, 77 kg Satish Sivalingam created a games record
with a total lift of 328 kg to claim gold medal while Ravi Katulu lifted total of 317 kg to win
silver medal.
2. Sukhen Dey: On the opening day of the competition Sukhen Dey in Mens weightlifting 56 kg
categoryclaimed gold medal by lifting a total of 248 kg. He was impressive in clean and jerk
round to win the medal.
3. K Sanjita Chanu: In Womens weightlifting 48 kg category K Sanjita Chanu with a total lift of
173 kg won the prized gold medal.
Athletics
1. Vikas Gowda: After winning the gold medal In Mens discus throwVikas Gowda became the
first Indian man to win a field event gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. Gowda threw
the discus to 63.64m to clinch the gold medal.
Squash
1. Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa: In Womens doubles finals the pair of Dipika Pallikal
and Joshana Chinappa defeated Englands Jenny Duncalf and Laura Massaro 11-6, 11-8 in
straight sets. The pair gave India their first squash medal in the Commonwealth Games.
Badminton
1. Parupalli Kashyap: became the first Indian male shuttler in 32 years to win a gold
medal in the Commonwealth Games against Derek Wong of Singapore.

The 27-year-old from Hyderabad thus joined badminton legend Prakash Padukone
and the late Syed Modi, who had won the title in the past. While Padukone had won
the men's singles gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Canada, Modi
retained it four years later.

Mirabai Chanu Saikhom Weightlifting Women's Weightlifting (48 kg)
Shushila Likmabam Judo Women's Judo (48 kg)
Navjot Chana Judo Men's Judo (60 kg)
Malaika Goel Shooting Women's Shooting (10 metre air pistol)
Santoshi Matsa Weightlifting Women's Weightlifting (53 kg)
Prakash Nanjappa Shooting Men's Shooting (10 metre air pistol)
Ayonika Paul Shooting Women's Shooting (10 metre air rifle)
Anisa Sayyed Shooting Women's Shooting (25 metre pistol)
Shreyasi Singh Shooting Women's Shooting (Double Trap)
Katulu Ravi Kumar Weightlifting Men's Weightlifting (77 kg)
Gurpal Singh Shooting Men's Shooting (50 metre pistol)
Gagan Narang Shooting Men's Shooting (50 metre rifle prone)
Vikas Thakur Weightlifting Men's Weightlifting (85 kg)
Harpreet Singh Shooting Men's Shooting (25 metre rapid fire pistol)
Sanjeev Rajput Shooting Men's Shooting (50 metre rifle 3 positions)
Rajeev Tomar Wrestling Men's Wrestling (125 kg)
Lalita Lalita Wrestling Women's Wrestling (53 kg)
Bajrang Kumar Wrestling Men's Wrestling (61 kg)
Sakshi Malik Wrestling Women's Wrestling (58 kg)
Satyawart Kadian Wrestling Men's Wrestling (97 kg)
Geetika Jakhar Wrestling Women's Wrestling (63 kg)
Seema Punia Athletics Women's Discus Throw
Achanta Sharath Kamal
Amalraj Anthony Arputharaj
Table tennis Men's Doubles
Laishram Sarita Devi Boxing Women's Boxing (Lightweight)
Devendro Singh Boxing Men's Boxing (Light Flyweight)
Mandeep Jangra Boxing Men's Boxing (Welterweight)
Rajinder Rahelu Weightlifting Men's powerlifting (heavyweight)
Vijender Singh Boxing Men's Boxing (Middleweight)
Men's hockey team Hockey Men's Tournament
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa
Badminton Women's Doubles
Ganesh Mali Weightlifting Men's Weightlifting (56 kg)
Kalpana Thoudam Judo Women's Judo (52 kg)
Swati Singh Weightlifting Women's Weightlifting (53 kg)
Rajwinder Kaur Judo Women's Judo (+78 kg)
Omkar Otari Weightlifting Men's Weightlifting (69 kg)
Mohammed Asab Shooting Men's Shooting (Double Trap)
Punam Yadav Weightlifting Women's Weightlifting (63 kg)
Manavjit Singh Sandhu Shooting Men's Shooting (Trap)
Gagan Narang Shooting Men's Shooting (50 metre rifle 3 positions)
Lajja Goswami Shooting Women's Shooting (50 metre rifle 3 positions)
Chandrakant Mali Weightlifting Men's Weightlifting (94 kg)
Navjot Kaur Wrestling Women's Wrestling (69 kg)
Dipa Karmakar Gymnastics Women's Gymnastics (Vault)
Pawan Kumar Wrestling Men's Wrestling (86 kg)
Pinki Rani Boxing Women's Boxing (Flyweight)
Sakina Khatun Weightlifting Women's powerlifting (lightweight)
P. V. Sindhu Badminton Women's Singles
R.M.V. Gurusaidutt Badminton Men's Singles
Arpinder Singh Athletics Men's Triple Jump
2. Dipa Karmakar became the first Indian woman gymnast to win a medal by taking
bronze in the vault behind Englands Claudia Fragapane and Canadas Elsabeth
Black.



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