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Commonwealth Games will be the best: Kalmadi | The Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi, has asserted it will be the best ever sporting event. Addressing media persons here on Thursday, Kalmadi said:
"It will be the best Commonwealth Games ever. There is no doubt about it. Now,
all the people, even our biggest critic, the Australian Foreign Minister, has
gone back and said that it has got a potential better than Melbourne. So the people
who are concerned are very satisfied. But we still have to improve." He also announced
the collaboration between Commonwealth Games-2010 and Spic Macay, a non-governmental
organisation for to reaching out to Indian youth to be a part of the mega event.
Welcoming the helping hand extended by Spic Macay, Kalmadi mentioned that even
staunch critics of the preparations for the games have changed their views and
appreciated the organisers efforts. Kalmadi further noted that a series of test
events are being conducted, and any flaws, if at all would be rectified. "We are
having test events and that is mostly, at the moment, about the field of play.
So we are satisfied with what we are seeing, but we are learning a lot from these
test events because when the Commonwealth Games come, it will be perfect. So,
we have learnt a lot and we are drawing a lot of lessons from these test events
as it should be and implement in the Commonwealth Games," added Kalmadi. He also
claimed that the Commonwealth Games-2010 would leave behind world-class sporting infrastructure in the country. |
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