Commonwealth Games

[R_D]

There was a footover bridge (?) at the games vanue that collapsed yesterday. The Delhi CM sought to play it down by explaining that it wasn't meant to be used by the athletes, rather only by spectators.
Yeah, that makes it so much better

Another annoying thing... All the ****s involved in this mess are so smug...They keep going on about how the deadline hasn't been passed yet.. the games are not on for another week or so. You were ****ing suppose to finish this 6 months back ****s... You have missed like 5 or 6 deadlines by now.

The best was... the **** who said “For us and for you it is clean. But they (the foreign countries) have a different standard of cleanliness. It is a matter of difference in perception.”

That was in regards to the games village apparently not being liveable.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Another annoying thing... All the ****s involved in this mess are so smug...They keep going on about how the deadline hasn't been passed yet.. the games are not on for another week or so. You were ****ing suppose to finish this 6 months back ****s... You have missed like 5 or 6 deadlines by now.

The best was... the **** who said “For us and for you it is clean. But they (the foreign countries) have a different standard of cleanliness. It is a matter of difference in perception.”

That was in regards to the games village apparently not being liveable.

Yeah, makes my blood boil tbh. Bet those officials have no qualms about demanding five star accomodation on their numerous trips abroad at the tax payers' expense.

Contrast this with the Chinese. The Asian games are this November. They're already done with all their preparation and handed over control of the athletes village over to the Games federation yesterday.

 

[Teja.]

With all our Economic and other problems, even bidding for the CWG was a mistake IMO. The Indian Delegate keeps getting ripped apart at all the MUNs this year.

 

[G.I.Joe]

With all our Economic and other problems, even bidding for the CWG was a mistake IMO. The Indian Delegate keeps getting ripped apart at all the MUNs this year.

I don't think it's been an economic problem. The government has put in enough money into the preparations. Only that much of it has gone to line the pockets of the fat cats and incompetent and corrupt officials and contractors. The only reason Kalmadi wants India to host more events is so that he and his cronies can fill up their coffers even more.

Should just put the BCCI in charge of all sports in India tbh. They may be a body with an eye on the bottomline too, but atleast they seem to be conscientious enough to get things done properly and on time.

 

[Sanz]

Yeah, money has never been a problem for India for anything they wanted to do. It is poor country by its own choice.

 

[Sanz]

The only reason Kalmadi wants India to host more events is so that he and his cronies can fill up their coffers even more..

Didn't Sir Alex defend Kalmadi's sports administration record on the forum ?

 

[G.I.Joe]

Yeah, money has never been a problem for India for anything they wanted to do. It is poor country by its own choice.

Of course. The government has no funds and every official is the descendant of Harishchandra.

 

[Teja.]

Haha, lovin' the sms jokes about Kalmadi and the CWGs.

 

[Sanz]

Of course. The government has no funds and every official is the descendant of Harishchandra.

Khotteya, I was agreeing with you,.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Khotteya, I was agreeing with you,.

Sorry

 

[PhoenixFire]

Some roof collapses now...

 

[Julian87]

****ing India.

 

[social]

It's interesting to contrast the attitude of the Commonwealth Games to that of Formula 1 - in the case of the latter, if the venue is not ready to host the event 6 months in advance and gets a formal signing off, they'll remove the race from the calendar

Now obviously the CG are a different kettle of fish but surely someone reconised the problem months ago and appropriate measures should've been taken

It's a shame because the only reason to host one of these things is to showcase the venue and, in this case, it's embarassed all of India

 

[Spark]

I don't think it's been an economic problem. The government has put in enough money into the preparations. Only that much of it has gone to line the pockets of the fat cats and incompetent and corrupt officials and contractors. The only reason Kalmadi wants India to host more events is so that he and his cronies can fill up their coffers even more.

Should just put the BCCI in charge of all sports in India tbh. They may be a body with an eye on the bottomline too, but atleast they seem to be conscientious enough to get things done properly and on time.

Either that or they realise people will only spend their money on the events and hence increase the likelihood of future events being held if they are, y'know, "fit for human consumption" so to speak.

 

[duffer]

The Commonwealth Games are a complete joke even when they go ahead. India just did the entire Commonwealth nations a favour by sparing us from them for another 4 years.

 

[Matt79]

****ing India.

Not cool Julian. No need to abuse the whole country.

 

[Craig]

To be fair to the cyclists, it's an almost physical impossibility to do both the Commonwealths and the Cycling European Championships and the Euros count towards the 2012 Olympics where in their infinite wisdom the number of competitors in each event has been drastically cut.

In the grand scheme of things, the Cycling Road Race for instance, it would be nice to win, but it doesn't mean jack ****.

 

[irfan]

Collapsing footbridges, filthy villages, security concerns, overwhelming stench of corruption, dengue fever and lack of organisation.

Oh and if you ask nicely - visiting athletes, we can give you the Delhi belly too.

 

[Jono]

****ing India.

Lol. This attitude will eventually have to change:

The current India headlines are very reasonably about the Commonwealth Games fiasco. Governments of all kinds need a crisis from time to time to be kicked into action – maybe an extremely embarrassing Commonwealth Games crisis will be good for India if it results in the smashing of walls of inefficiency, red tape and corruption, lifting the nation with 30 per cent of the world's children into the next stage of growth.

But in the meantime it would be foolish to let a few hastily and shoddily built sporting facilities overshadow the existing importance of the nation to us, let alone the future. A final quick reminder from the RBA Bulletin: Everyone knows China is our biggest trade partner now, most don't know that we have a bigger trade surplus with India.

A factoid from an Economist magazine cover story last month: In 1990 two-trade between India and China was just $US270 million. It's expected to be more than $US60 billion this year.

Think you know the Chindia story? Betcha don't – no-one really does because it's simply too big to fully grasp and it's still being written. Besides, “Chindia” is only part of the story with the rest of emerging Asia deserving fat volumes as well.

Michael Pascoe | Chindia - you aint seen nuthin yet | China | India

 

[Neil Pickup]

BBC Sport - Commonwealth Games: Athletes' village photos

I don't think I'd be too keen to head out there.