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Horses,
vintage cars lead CWG baton relay
Saturday, October 02, 2010 04:05:05 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
White horses, vintage and classic cars, nagada (kettle drum)
players and Nihang warriors Saturday led the Queen’s Baton Relay
which is on its home stretch in the capital ahead of Sunday’s
opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.
The colourful procession beggan after the Baton was received at
the Rakabgunj Sahib gurdwara in central Delhi by Delhi Chief
Minister Shiela Dikshit. The Baton will pass through various
localities of the national capital before its last lap into the
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for Sunday’s opening ceremony.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has
also reached Delhi to attend Sunday’s ceremony where President
Pratibha Patil and Prince Charles will jointly declare the Games
open. The Games, being held in India for the first time, end Oct
14.
Accolades for the facilities at the Games Village and the venues
continued to pour in from athletes and officials.
Welsh chef de mission Chris Jenkins said Saturday: “I am really
quite impressed with the transition. I had come here two weeks ago
and things were really quite chaotic. But the athletes who came
here three days ago are absolutely delighted with the residential
wings and also the training facilities. The food is also quite
good.”
“The venues are outstanding and we are really looking forward to
competing there,” he added.
The Welsh contingent has about 150 athletes who will participate
in archery, badminton, lawn bowls, wrestling, women’s hockey,
shooting and table tennis.
Ahead of the Games opener, David Howman, director general of the
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said around 1,500 dope tests would
be conducted during the Games.
“Athletes who finish on the podium will of course be tested.
Besides there will be target testing,” he told reporters here.
“There could be athletes who could get away during the Games. It
does happen. However, science is improving and so are the methods
for the dope cheats,” Howman added.
“Most athletes will have someone in the entourage who knows that
he or she is cheating,” he said.
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