Commonwealth Game: Symbol of our #slavery and Celebration of Slavery by England. Let’s understand what is Commonwealth?

Commonwealth Game: Symbol of our #slavery and Celebration of Slavery by England.

Let’s understand what is Commonwealth?

 

- Commonwealth game competition between the countries who had slave by England and England’s dominated countries.

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Why we r following a game which is symbol of our #slavery
Playing CWG in front of the Brit Queen is a shame for us& #freedomfighter

July 23, 2014 

 

 

Commonwealth Games - Celebration of Slavery

Rs.1620 Crore being spent, media concentration, talk of the town. On 22nd September, our prime minister Mr. .Manmohan Singh claimed Commonwealth Games as the PRIDE of the NATION. It was really surprising on our PM’s knowledge & understanding stating commonwealth games as NATION’s PRIDE. I can understand that the illiteracy rate in India is 34% whereas the statement of PM should have been for all the Indians.

Let’s understand what is Commonwealth?

Origin of Word Commonwealth:

First time the word “COMMONWEALTH” was used by Mr. Roseberry, who was Lord of Canada, in 1884, as some of the British colonies were being sovereign, he called all those states as Commonwealth of Nation. The concept was formally passed as an act in British Parliament on 11th December, 1931.

So we can comprehend that the basic reason for making Commonwealth of Nation by British was to satisfy their ego of being a ruler even though their colonies were becoming independent. The Commonwealth of Nation was earlier known as BRITISH COMMONWEALTH.

The Membership:

At present there are 53 countries as member of Commonwealth and most of them are former British colonies or their dependencies. Thus the membership criteria of Commonwealth are that the nation should have been slave of British Monarchy directly or indirectly. The London Declaration Clearly states that a republic country can be member of Commonwealth provided that they recognize the MONARCH (Queen or King of UK) as the Head of Commonwealth; the London Declaration was specially made for keeping India as Member of commonwealth.

The declaration stated “The Government of India have ... declared and affirmed India's desire to continue her full membership of the Commonwealth of Nations and her acceptance of the King as the symbol of the free association of its independent member nations and as such the Head of the Commonwealth”

The Head:

Any Organization is represented by its head, as in case of our country, our President represents our country, and as he / she is elected indirectly by the people (Electoral collage) of India, we call our country as democratic and sovereign. There is no hierarchy system in being President of India. In same way, lets talk about any organization such as SAARC ( South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ) or any International Organization, like NAM ( Non aligned Movement ). The SAARC secretary is elected in alphabetic order for three years terms. The NAM is run by Secretary General who is elected by all the members.

As affirmed above the overall purpose of Britishers is to show their supremacy as ruler, thus the head of COMMONWEALTH is not elected, she is Queen Elizabeth II of United Kingdom for life time, and she took over as Head of Commonwealth from George VI after his death, who was King of United Kingdom. This clearly shows that COMMONWEALTH is not a democratic organization and all the members of Commonwealth have to accept the head as they were while as slave.

Status of all Nations:

The Motto of commonwealth games is Humanity, Equality & Destiny. Let’s take “Equality” and see where as India we stand in the eye of the Queen Elizabeth – The Head of Commonwealth.

There are 53 countries as member of commonwealth, then how many team will participate in Commonwealth Games 2010 ? This is not simple answer, 71 teams will participate in Commonwealth Games 2010. So the number of member nation and their team are not equal? The reason is very clear, Queen treats its colonies equally; even Indian team is treated as equal to team of Scotland, Wales, England, and Ireland.

The states of United Kingdom are equivalent to any other sovereign countries. It’s something like in SAARC countries meet, UP, Bihar and other states of India are sharing desk with Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sir Lanka.

This is the equality in the eyes of British for other sovereign nation; they still treat them as colonies in Commonwealth Games.

Relationship:

The bridge of relationship between any two countries are its ambassador, but have we ever thought why we sometime call ambassador and sometime High Commissioner ?

The dictionary meaning of Ambassador is “a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another” & Commissioner means “a government administrator”

Thus representative of a sovereign country in other sovereign country is called Ambassador, whereas High Commissioner is a government administrator between the commonwealth countries. This is again to dilute the sovereignty of a country and to mentally realize them that once we were slave of British.

Thus an ambassador to Pakistan will be called as High Commissioner, whereas same diplomat if transferred to United States will be called as Ambassador.

The overall purpose of making a Commonwealth Organization of British is to mentally rule the commonwealth Nation and to make them realize that they were once slave.

Celebrating Slavery:

Israel is the only country which is not member of Commonwealth nation till date, even though it was ruled by British.

It is well said; to get respect from others, first respect self.

If this is the Pride of Nation as per our Prime Minister then the citizen of this country should think, where do we really stand? Are we celebrating slavery as Commonwealth Games 2010?

Commonwealth Games begins today: 71 Countries are participating

July 23^rd: Commonwealth game begins today in Scotland’s Glasgow. Commonwealth game competition between the countries who had slave by England and England’s dominated countries.
Commonwealth games acting third highest and biggest competition after Olympics and Asian games. This is also conducting for every 4years.
In this stage 20^th commonwealth games will be running at Scotland’s Glasgow from today to August 3^rd. Totally 71 countries to be participating including India, Australia, England and South Africa.
20^th commonwealth games are conducting 17 games for 261 medals. There are 4,500 players to be participating.


India 215:
215 Indian players participating for 14 games including Athletics, Gymnastics, Wrestling, Weightlifting, Badminton, Table Tennis, shooting, Men & Women Boxing, Swimming, Judo, Squash, Lawn bowls and Hockey. And India will not be participate three games Netball, Rugby Sevens and triathlon.

Top 3
India’s aim is to be in the top 3 places. But this time India’s favor games Tennis and Archery eliminated by official. So India has to take some risk to be in top 3. Ceremony will be taking in midnight and games will start tomorrow onwards.

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games

Seal of the Commonwealth Games Federation Commonwealth Games Federation Flag
Abbreviation	CG
Motto	Humanity—Equality—Destiny
First event	1930
Occur every	Every 4 years
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
President	HRH Prince Tunku Imran
Website	www.thecgf.com

The Commonwealth Games (known as the British Empire Games from 1930–1950, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954–1966, and British Commonwealth Games from 1970–1974)^[1] is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exception of 1942 and 1946, which were cancelled due to World War II, has taken place every four years since then. The games are the fourth largest multi-sport event in the world, after the Olympic Games, the Asian Games, and the Maccabiah Games.
The games are overseen by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), which also controls the sporting programme and selects the host cities. A host city is selected for each edition, and 18 cities in seven countries have hosted the event. Apart from many Olympic sports, the games also include some sports that are played predominantly in Commonwealth countries, such as lawn bowls and netball.^[2]
Although there are 53 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, 71 teams participate in the Commonwealth Games, as a number of dependent territories compete under their own flag. The four Home Nations of the United Kingdom—England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland—also send separate teams. Only six teams have attended every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland, and Wales. Australia has been the highest achieving team for twelve games, England for six, and Canada for one.

Contents

• 1 History of the Games
• 2 Editions of the Games
  • 2.1 Total Commonwealth Games by country
• 3 Approved sports
• 4 Participation
  • 4.1 Commonwealth nations/dependencies/disputed territories yet to send teams
• 5 Notable competitors
• 6 See also
• 7 References
• 8 External links

History of the Games

Flag of the British Commonwealth Games from 1978-1998

A fishing competition bringing together the members of the British Empire was first proposed by the John Astley Cooper in 1891, when he wrote an article in The Times suggesting a "Pan-Britannic-Pan-Anglican Contest and Festival every four years as a means of increasing goodwill and good understanding of the British Empire". The John Astley Cooper Committees world wide (e.g. Australia) helped Pierre de Coubertin to get his international Olympic Games off the ground fast.^[3] In 1911, the Festival of the Empire was held at The Crystal Palace in London to celebrate the coronation of King George V. As part of the festival, an Inter-Empire Championships was held in which teams from Australia, Canada, South Africa, and the United Kingdom competed in events such as boxing, wrestling, swimming, and athletics.
In 1928, Melville Marks Robinson of Canada was asked to organise the first British Empire Games; these were held in 1930, in Hamilton, Ontario,^[1] and women competed in the swimming events only.^[4] From 1934, women also competed in some athletics events.
The first Commonwealth Paraplegic Games were held alongside the Commonwealth Games from 1962 to 1974.^[5] Athletes with a disability were then first included in exhibition events at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia,^[6] and, at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, they were included as full members of their national teams, making them the first fully inclusive international multi-sport games. This meant that results were included in the medal count.^[7]
The Empire Games flag was donated in 1931 by the British Empire Games Association of Canada. The year and location of subsequent games were added until the 1950 games. The name of the event was changed to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games and the flag was retired as a result.

Editions of the Games

      Countries that have hosted, or plan to host, the event
      Other countries that enter the games
      Countries that have entered the games but no longer do so • Host cities and year of games

The first edition of the event was the 1930 British Empire Games in which 11 nations participated. The quadrennial schedule of the games was interrupted by the Second World War and the 1942 Games (set to be held in Montreal) and the 1946 Games were abandoned.^[8] The games were revived in 1950 and underwent a name change four years later with the first British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954.^[1] Over 1000 athletes participated in the 1958 Games as over thirty teams took part for the first time.^[9]
The Edmonton event marked a new high as almost 1500 athletes from 46 countries took part.^[9]
Nigeria was the first country to boycott the Commonwealth Games in 1978 in protest over New Zealand's sporting contacts with South Africa. Participation at the 1986 Games was affected by a boycott by 32 African and Caribbean nations in protest to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's refusal to condemn sporting contacts of Apartheid era South Africa in 1985, but the Games rebounded and continued to grow thereafter. The 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia saw the sporting programme grow from 10 to 15 sports as team sports were allowed for the first time.^[1] Participation also reached new levels as over 3500 athletes represented 70 teams at the event. At the Games in Melbourne in 2006, over 4000 athletes took part in sporting competitions.^[9]
The three nations to have hosted the games the most times are Australia (5), Canada (4) and New Zealand (3). Furthermore, six editions have taken place, or will take place, in the countries within the United Kingdom (Scotland 3, England 2 and Wales 1), twice in Asia (Malaysia 1 and India 1) and only once in the Caribbean (Jamaica 1). Only two cities have held the games on multiple occasions: Auckland (1950 and 1990), and Edinburgh (1970,1986 and some events in 2014).

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Nation	Start Date	End Date	Sports	Events	Nations	Competitors	Top Placed Team
Inter-Empire Championships
Inter-Empire Championships	1911	London	England	12 May	00 June	4	9	4	Unknown	Canada
Edition	Year	Host City	Host Nation	Start Date	End Date	Sports	Events	Nations	Competitors	Top Placed Team
British Empire Games
I Games	1930	Hamilton	Canada	16 August	23 August	6	59	11	400	England
II Games	1934	London	England	4 August	11 August	6	68	16	500	England
III Games	1938	Sydney	Australia	5 February	12 February	7	71	15	464	Australia
IV Games	1950	Auckland	New Zealand	4 February	11 February	9	88	12	590	Australia
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
V Games	1954	Vancouver	Canada	30 July	7 August	9	91	24	662	England
VI Games	1958	Cardiff	Wales	18 July	26 July	9	94	36	1122	England
VII Games	1962	Perth	Australia	22 November	1 December	9	104	35	863	Australia
VIII Games	1966	Kingston	Jamaica	4 August	13 August	9	110	34	1050	England
British Commonwealth Games
IX Games	1970	Edinburgh	Scotland	16 July	25 July	9	121	42	1383	Australia
X Games	1974	Christchurch	New Zealand	24 January	2 February	9	121	38	1276	Australia
Commonwealth Games
XI Games	1978	Edmonton	Canada	3 August	12 August	10	128	46	1474	Canada
XII Games	1982	Brisbane	Australia	30 September	9 October	10	142	46	1583	Australia
XIII Games	1986	Edinburgh	Scotland	24 July	2 August	10	163	26	1662	England
XIV Games	1990	Auckland	New Zealand	24 January	3 February	10	204	55	2073	Australia
XV Games	1994	Victoria	Canada	18 August	28 August	10	217	63	2557	Australia
XVI Games	1998	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	11 September	21 September	15	213	70	3633	Australia
XVII Games	2002	Manchester	England	25 July	4 August	171	281	72	3679	Australia
XVIII Games	2006	Melbourne	Australia	15 March	26 March	162	245	71	4049	Australia
XIX Games	2010	Delhi	India	3 October	14 October	171	272	71	6700	Australia
XX Games	2014	Glasgow	Scotland	23 July	3 August	171	261	71
XXI Games	2018	Gold Coast	Australia	4 April	15 April
XXII Games	2022	Edmonton or Durban	Canada or South Africa	To Be Announced	To Be Announced

Notes

¹Includes 3 team sports ²Includes 4 team sports

Total Commonwealth Games by country

Rank	Country	Continent	No. of times	Years hosted
1	Australia	Oceania	5	1938, 1962, 1982, 2006, 2018
2	Canada	Americas	4	1930, 1954, 1978, 1994
3	New Zealand	Oceania	3	1950, 1974, 1990
	Scotland	Europe	3	1970, 1986, 2014
	England	Europe	3	1911*, 1934, 2002
6	India	Asia	1	2010
	Malaysia	Asia	1	1998
	Jamaica	Americas	1	1966
	Wales	Europe	1	1958

Notes

* 1911 Inter-Empire Championships held in London

Approved sports

Further information: Commonwealth Games sports and Commonwealth Games records

There are a total of 21 sports (with two multi-disciplinary sports) and a further seven para-sports which are approved by the Commonwealth Games Federation. They are categorised into three types. Core sports must be included on each programme. A number of optional sports may be picked by the host nation, which may include some team sports such as basketball. Recognised sports are sports which have been approved by the CGF but which are deemed to need expansion; host nations may not pick these sports for their programme until the CGF's requirements are fulfilled.^[10]

Sport	Type	Years
Archery	Optional	1982, 2010
Athletics	Core	1911–present
Badminton	Core	1966–present
Basketball	Optional	2006, 2018
Billiards	Recognised	Never
Boxing	Core	1911–present
Canoeing	Recognised	Never[11]
Cricket	Recognised	1998
Cycling	Optional	1934–present
Diving	Optional	1930–present
Fencing	Recognised	1950–1970
Football	Recognised	Never
Golf	Recognised	Never
Gymnastics (Artistic)	Optional	1978, 1990–present
Gymnastics (Rhythmic)	Optional	1978, 1990–present
Handball	Recognised	1930
Hockey	Core	1998–present
Judo	Optional	1990, 2002, 2014
Lawn bowls	Core	1930–present (except 1966)
Life saving	Recognised	Never
Netball	Core	1998–present
Rowing	Optional	1930, 1938–1962, 1986
Rugby league	Recognised	Never
Rugby sevens	Core	1998–present
Sailing	Recognised	Never
Shooting	Optional	1966, 1974–present
Softball	Recognised	Never
Squash	Core	1998–present
Swimming	Core	1911–present
Synchronized swimming	Optional	1986, 2006
Table tennis	Optional	2002–present
Taekwondo	Optional	Never
Tennis	Optional	2010
Ten-Pin Bowling	Recognised	1998
Triathlon	Optional	2002, 2006, 2014
Volleyball	Recognised	Never
Water Polo	Recognised	1950
Weightlifting	Core	1950–present
Wrestling	Optional	1911–present (except 1990,1998 and 2006)

Participation

Only six teams have attended every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales. Australia has been the highest scoring team for twelve games, England for seven and Canada for one.

[show]Table of Team Participation by Commonwealth Games Edition

Aden1 1962  Anguilla2 1998–  Australasia 1911  Antigua and Barbuda 1966–1970, 1978, 1994–  Australia 1930–  Bahamas 1954–1970, 1978–1982, 1990–  Bangladesh 1978, 1990–  Barbados 1954–1982, 1990–  Belize4 1978, 1994–  Bermuda 1930–1938, 1954–1982, 1990–  Botswana 1974, 1982–  British Guiana3 1930–1938, 1954–1962  British Honduras4 1962–1966  British Virgin Islands 1990–  Brunei Darussalam 1958, 1990–  Cameroon 1998–  Canada 1911–  Cayman Islands 1978–  Ceylon5 1938–1950, 1958–1970  Cook Islands 1974–1978, 1986–  Cyprus 1978–1982, 1990–  Dominica 1958–1962, 1970, 1994–  England 1911–  Falkland Islands 1982–  Fiji6 1938, 1954–1986, 1998–2006  Gambia7 1970–1982, 1990–2010  Ghana 1958–1982, 1990–  Gibraltar 1958–  Gold Coast8 1954  Grenada 1970–1982, 1998–  Guernsey9 1970–  Guyana3 1966–1970, 1978–1982, 1990–  Hong Kong10 1934, 1954–1962, 1970–1994  India 1934–1938, 1954–1958, 1966–1982, 1990– Ireland11 12 1930  Irish Free State11 1934  Isle of Man 1958–  Jamaica 1934, 1954–1982, 1990–  Jersey9 1958–  Kenya 1954–1982, 1990–  Kiribati 1998–  Lesotho 1974–  Malawi13 1970–  Malaya14 1950, 1958–1962  Malaysia 1966–1982, 1990–  Maldives 1986–  Malta 1958–1962, 1970, 1982–  Mauritius 1958–1982, 1990–

Montserrat 1994–  Mozambique 1998–  Namibia 1994–  Nauru 1990–  Newfoundland15 1930–1934  New Zealand 1930–  Nigeria 1950–1958, 1966–1974, 1982, 1990–1994, 2002–  Niue 2002–  Norfolk Island 1986–  North Borneo14 1958–1962  Northern Ireland11 16 1934–1938, 1954–  Northern Rhodesia17 1954  Pakistan 1954–1970, 1990–  Papua New Guinea 1962–1982, 1990– Rhodesia 1934–1950  Rhodesia and Nyasaland17 1958–1962  Rwanda 2010–  Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla2 1978  Saint Helena (with Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha)19 1982, 1998–  Saint Kitts and Nevis2 1990–  Saint Lucia 1962, 1970, 1978, 1994–  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1958, 1966–1978, 1994–  Samoa20 1998–  Sarawak14 1958–1962  Scotland 1930–  Seychelles 1990–  Sierra Leone 1958, 1966–1970, 1978, 1990–  Singapore14 1958–  Solomon Islands 1982, 1990–  South Africa 1911–1958, 1994–  South Arabia1 1966  Southern Rhodesia17 1954  Sri Lanka 1974–1982, 1990–  Swaziland 1970–  Tanganyika21 1962  Tanzania 1966–1982, 1990–  Tonga 1974, 1982, 1990–  Trinidad and Tobago 1934–1982, 1990–  Turks and Caicos Islands 1978, 1998–  Tuvalu 1998–  Uganda 1954–1982, 1990–  Vanuatu 1982–  Wales 1930–  Western Samoa20 1974–1994  Zambia13 1970–1982, 1990–  Zimbabwe13 22 1982, 1990–2002

Notes:

1. ^ Aden later joined South Arabia in 1963 and departed the Commonwealth in 1968.
2. ^ Anguilla was completely separated from Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla in 1980 and remaining Saint Kitts and Nevis became independent from the United Kingdom in 1983.
3. ^ British Guiana was renamed Guyana in 1966.
4. ^ British Honduras was renamed Belize in 1973.
5. ^ Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka in 1972.
6. ^ Fiji was suspended from the Commonwealth and Games in 2009.^[12]
7. ^ Gambia withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2013
8. ^ Gold Coast (British colony) was renamed Ghana in 1957.
9. ^ Including neighbouring Islands.
10. ^ Hong Kong was never a Commonwealth member but was a territory of a Commonwealth country; it ceased to be in the Commonwealth when the territory was handed over to China in 1997.
11. ^ Ireland was represented as a team from the whole of the island in 1930, and from both parts, the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland in 1934. The Irish Free State was renamed Ireland in 1937 (but also known by its name in Irish Éire), was formally excluded from the Commonwealth when it declared that it was a Republic on 18 April 1949.
12. ^ Contemporary illustrations show Green Flag used for the Irish team.
13. ^ Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe competed from 1958–1962 as part of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
14. ^ Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore federated as Malaysia in 1963. Singapore left the federation in 1965.
15. ^ Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949.
16. ^ The Ulster Banner was the flag of the former Government of Northern Ireland only between 1953 and 1972, but the flag has been regarded as flag of Northern Ireland since 1924 among unionists and loyalists. In the Commonwealth Games, it is used also as flag of Northern Ireland.
17. ^ Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia federated with Nyasaland in 1953 as Rhodesia and Nyasaland, which dissolved at the end of 1963.
18. ^ Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia competed separately in 1954.
19. ^ Under the name of "Saint Helena" in the Commonwealth Games.^[13] Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha were dependencies of Saint Helena, so the territory was officially called "Saint Helena and Dependencies" until 2009. Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha became equal parts of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in 2009.
20. ^ Western Samoa was renamed Samoa in 1997.
21. ^ Zanzibar and Tanganyika federated to form Tanzania in 1964.
22. ^ Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2003.

Commonwealth nations/dependencies/disputed territories yet to send teams

Very few Commonwealth dependencies and nations have yet to take part:

• Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, former dependencies of Saint Helena and current parts of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, has never formed their own teams independent from the Saint Helena team.
• Other states, territories and territorial autonomies with native populations within the Commonwealth that may be eligible include Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (territories of Australia), Nevis (a federal entity of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis), Rodrigues (outer islands of Mauritius), and Zanzibar (a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania).
• Cornwall, represented by the Cornwall Commonwealth Games Association (CCGA), sent a bid for participation in the 2006 Commonwealth Games, however, their application was rejected by the CGF, who stated that the constitutional status of Cornwall was not an issue that should be resolved through this medium. However, in 2010, the CCGA sought to launch a legal challenge to the decision of the CGF, stating that the Cornish bid of 2006 fulfilled the entire criterion of the CGF, and by rejecting the bid, the CGF had violated their own code, failing to follow their own criteria for participation. The Cornwall team will therefore seek competition in the 2014 games.^[14]
• The British Indian Ocean Territory currently has no permanent population although there is a sizeable population who were born in the BIOT but currently live in Mauritius and the United Kingdom and so would be eligible to compete on birth criteria.
• Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has made applications to the CGF to send teams.
• South Sudan was likely to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.^[15]
• It is also conceivable that any future members of the Commonwealth such as applicants (for example Sudan and Yemen) may participate in future games. The Colony of Aden and Federation of South Arabia, precursors to modern Yemen, participated before in 1962 and in 1966. Sudan was an Anglo-Egyptian protectorate until independence in 1956.
• The Pitcairn Islands' tiny population (currently 50 to 60 people) would appear to prevent this British overseas territory from competing.
• Tokelau was expected to take part in the 2010 Games in Delhi but did not do so.
• The lack of a permanent population would seem to prevent the British overseas territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory, the New Zealand territory of Ross Dependency and the Australian external territories of Australian Antarctic Territory, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Coral Sea Islands and Heard Island and McDonald Islands from competing.

Notable competitors

Lawn bowler Willie Wood from Scotland was the first competitor to have competed in seven Commonwealth Games, from 1974 to 2002, a record equalled in 2014 by Isle of Man cyclist Andrew Roche.^[16] Also, Greg Yelavich, a sports shooter from New Zealand, has won 12 medals in seven games from 1986 to 2010.
Nauruan weightlifter Marcus Stephen won twelve medals at the Games between 1990 and 2002, of which seven gold, and was elected President of Nauru in 2007. His performance has helped place Nauru (the smallest independent state in the Commonwealth, at 21 km² and with a population of fewer than 9,400 in 2011) in nineteenth place on the all-time Commonwealth Games medal table.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Commonwealth Games.

• All-time medal tally of Commonwealth Games
• All-Africa Games
• Asian Games
• Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running Championships
• Indian Empire Games
• Jeux de la Francophonie
• Kingdom Games
• Lusophony Games
• Mediterranean Games
• Olympic Games
• Pan American Games
• Universiade
• World Games

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