NEW DELHI: The first foreign athletes for the Commonwealth Games arrived here on Friday, even as the country’s administration mobilised efforts to salvage the mega sporting event, after a disastrous run-up to the event that saw a barrage of adverse global media attention.
More nations gave their thumbs up to the Games, on a day when even the weather seemed to co-operate, giving Delhi its first sunny, rain-free day in weeks. This monsoon has been the wettest in more than three decades.
New Zealand, England and Australia, which had been concerned about the facilities at the Games Village, confirmed their participation, saying they are satisfied with the progress.
English athletes, who arrived in Delhi on Friday, are however, staying in hotels for now, and will move to the Village once the quarters there are ready. The English men’s hockey team and the lawn bowling squad are among the 22-strong group of athletes that arrived.
“We don’t want to move them in one day and then have to move them again. We want them to get over their jet lag and then move in when it’s ready,” The Daily Telegraph quoted English chef de mission Craig Hunter as saying.
More nations gave their thumbs up to the Games, on a day when even the weather seemed to co-operate, giving Delhi its first sunny, rain-free day in weeks. This monsoon has been the wettest in more than three decades.
New Zealand, England and Australia, which had been concerned about the facilities at the Games Village, confirmed their participation, saying they are satisfied with the progress.
English athletes, who arrived in Delhi on Friday, are however, staying in hotels for now, and will move to the Village once the quarters there are ready. The English men’s hockey team and the lawn bowling squad are among the 22-strong group of athletes that arrived.
“We don’t want to move them in one day and then have to move them again. We want them to get over their jet lag and then move in when it’s ready,” The Daily Telegraph quoted English chef de mission Craig Hunter as saying.
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