Another blow to Commonwealth games
Commonwealth Games facing ANOTHER crisis as ceiling caves in at main stadium
as top athletes pull out
A ceiling caved in at the main stadium in Delhi today, heaping further embarrassment on India's preparations for the Commonwealth Games.
The latest crisis came after three of England’s biggest athletics stars pulled out of the competition last night as the chaotic £1.5billion event edged closer to being cancelled.
Olympic 400m gold medallist Christine Ohuruogu, world champion triple jumper Phillips Idowu and Commonwealth 1,500m champion Lisa Dobriskey have said they will not go to Delhi.
Their decision came just hours before a section of false ceiling collapsed near the weightlifting stage at the Jawarharlal Stadium and followed a disastrous day which saw a footbridge collapse during construction and teams describe accommodation in the athletes’ village as unfit for human habitation.
Source:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314197/Commonwealth-Games-crisi...
The problem with India is that the governance is in the hands of the illiterate. There are reservations for less educated and talented in jobs.
Johnny, you maybe true but then why the awardees don't lay down their own stardards for the organisers to meet? I am sure they did and not without verifying Indias capability. It is the inefficiency and the negligence of the top officials that led to this fiasco. Suresh kalmadi is just a sports editor/reporter hence not fit for the job. They let India down in the sight of international community.
my apologies, soniya, i was doing something using all caps, and you know, trying to hide from my boss that i was QLing, he he he.. i may not be an addict on comments, but am an avid reader... that was a rush. twas too late to see that it was all caps.....
again, my apologies.
It will be a tense CWgame if at all there will be one this year. All indoor athletes will have an added pressure keeping a check on the ceiling while they perform!
Jhonny - You would be better off...keeping a distance from our heads.
btw...you havent seen us shaking our other body parts ;)
I blame the people who awarded them the games in the first instance.
The standards they follow are not acceptable to people from developed countries,both in hygiene and health and safety.
Coupled with a complete inability to answer a direct question regarding timelines for completion,as those of us who have experienced the shake of the head "no problem sir" know only too well, it was always going to be a recipe for disaster.They may have a big population,but unless they have a big change in culture China has nothing to worry about...apart from their athletes getting sick or injured in Delhi
CWG - Corruption with Games !!
india is organising too many maches for cricket & already has experience of 2 worldcups & next year is third one but commonwealth games..............?
FU, I too mean that. India should settle kashmir issue to breath easy..
Save Kashmir?????!!! 'Dude...gimme a break...you can't save what is not yours in the first place. India is the only example where a country f***s itself in the ass. Bitter...but true.
But then how can India spend on such events when it's running short on defence budget to save kashmir?
FU, you are right. I am with you.
Teluguy - It's simple in India. If you have a hole...you are fit to get raped. And the government will brush it under the carpet calling it a 'MINOR'issue. We are collective di&kheads and there is no end to our stupidity.
it's not cricket guys..seems these athlets didn't know it before!!!
We Indians are a shame on our own country. We all must be exterminated as rats and a new race must be given the responsibilty to run the country. We are a collective failure!
I am sure after all these incidents still Common Wealth Games will go ahead....
Ramil26...I get your humor, too funny!
Soniya...search for a link from yesterday (or day before) where this is a jab relating to a previous discussion regarding an article that came out placing India at #3 in the world. Don't let him get to you, all nationalities get bashed here...and yes, I've bashed my own before!
Everyone else... Here is a link again to see the pictures of the 'sub-standard' rooms and construction failures, security breaches, and why athletes have started pulling out.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314197/Commonwealth-Games-2010-Crisis-deepens-ceiling-caves-main-stadium.html
CWG and media damaged indias image for sure...now atleast politicians back home can gain from it
ramil, kindly don't use CAPS on internet..it shows as if you are yelling at others..
As far as our ranking is concerned, we are atleast under TOP 10..Where does your country stand?? :P
Rebel, check your PM...
And yes i do know about the 2nd collapse at CWG in a span of less than 24hrs..I have posted the same in the link that i have pasted above..
IM SURE THEY CAN SOLVE THIS, THEY ARE THE THIRD MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD...
@soniya..thanx for the link but this is another shocking incident that has taken place just days before the games start.i sense something fishy ..anyways u didn't chck my pm ??
Indiaaaa Incredible Indiaaaa..lol
rebel, you can join us here:
http://www.qatarliving.com/node/1334004
And now imagine that India has a Formula One course. It's gonna be a deadly race.