One Of The Best Things To Happen To Indian Sports

One of the striking features of the Commonwealth Games is the competitive attitude shown by the athletes despite it not contributing to the Olympic qualification or the world rankings.

Make no mistake, hosting the Games is one of the best things to happen to Indian sports in the last two or three decades. It will give a much-needed lift to the Olympic sports. We can now boast of world class infrastructure of the highest quality. New Delhi is now a city that can match Shanghai, Singapore or New York.

Of course, the corruption scandal has left a sour taste and has taken away the charm. Let’s hope these Games produce another Usain Bolt or Chris Hoy. Of course these stars will be missed and had they been here, it would have been a real treat for the people.

But I believe once the Games are underway, things will fall into place. Sports has the power to act as a catalyst to transform the negatives into positives.
As for our athletes, I feel we can do much better than 2006 CWG, Melbourne. We should expect plenty of medals from shooting, boxing and wrestling. These are the sports where we are excelling of late and considering that there is not enough competition to challenge our much superior athletes, I think a lot of medals are on the offing here for us.

Now Let's see what did say Sheila Dikshit (Chief Minister of Delhi) about the CWG 2010 coming games. She said not collapsing about CWG games.

Mounted up with verbal attacks and criticism over preparations for the Commonwealth Games, particularly after the collapse of an overbridge near the main venue, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday, Sep 22 admitted the "problems" but rejected the criticism that the event was collapsing.

"I would like you tell very categorically that these minor glitches and hitches do come around....But to make out as the whole thing is collapsing - I am sorry, we do not agree with that," Dikshit told sources.

"There will be some problems. There are some problems. But they are not insurmountable. If there is any concern or there is any problem, they will be addressed to," she said.

She also said, "This is not my Games, this is not your Games. This an event of the whole country. We will address all the concerns and drawbacks. There is no reason to worry...We should look at it as an opportunity. Please become positive."