INDIA: Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune 2008

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Kalmadi announces CYG

BY A SPORTS REPORTER | Thursday, April 27, 2006 11:11:10 IST
Commonwealth Games Federation at Melbourne in 2006…

The third leg of the Asian Grand Prix Athletic Championship 2006 will be held at the newly laid eight lane German synthetic track at the Shri Baburao Sanas Sports Complex, Pune on May 26.

This was announce by Suresh Kalmadi (President of the Indian Olympic and Asian Athletics Association) at a press conference in the city yesterday.

Kalmadi also took the opportunity to announce the Commonwealth Youth Games which will be held in Pune in 2008.

Over 136 athletes from 20 nations are expected to participate in the Asian Grand Prix which carries the prize money of US $ 50,000. There will be a total of 17 events, nine for men and eight for women.

Among a few of the outstanding male athletes on view will be Anil Kumar (100 m, India), Eawi Al Shammari (400 m, Kuwait), Nguyen Duy Bang (High Jump, Vietnam), Amritpal Singh (Long Jump, India) and Hang Q (Shot Put, China). A few of the top women athletes in action will be Sriwardana Damayanthi Darsni (200 m, Sri Lanka), Amirova Amira (800 m, Uzbekhistan), Anju Bobby George (Long Jump, India), Zhang Guirong (Shot Put, Singapore) and Song Aimin (Discus, China).

The events for men will be 100m, 400m, 800m, 3000m, 400m hurdles, High Jump, Long jump, Shot Put and Javelin throw. The events for women will include 200m, 400m, 800m, 100m hurdles, Long Jump, High Jump, Shot Put and Discuss.
At the Meeting of the Commonwealth Games Federation at Melbourne in 2006 it was decided that the Commonwealth Youth Games be awarded to Pune. The Games will see 1000 athletes and 250 officials arriving at Pune on October 18, 2008. These will be held at Shri Shiva Chatrapati Sports Complex at Balawadi.
The Sprawling 153 acres self-contained complex will be hosting Badminton, Volleyball,
Tennis, Boxing, Wrestling, Athletics and Gymnastics.

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Asian Athletic Association and IOA president Suresh Kalmadi announces the launch of Asian Grand Prix 2006 at a press conference in Mumbai.

Delhi confident of hosting 2014 Asiad

Bikash Mohapatra
Wednesday, April 26, 2006 23:50 IST

MUMBAI: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is confident of winning its bid for the 2014 Asian Games. Though there is still considerable time before the decision regarding the venue is taken, the IOA — which submitted its report to the Olympic Council of Asia in Kuwait only last month — is certain of getting the nod.

“In all likelihood India (New Delhi) will host the 2014 Asian Games,” said Suresh Kalmadi, president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA). “The only other country in the fray is South Korea (Incheon) but they very recently hosted the Games (Busan in 2002). So we are quite confident,” he explained.

But before that, the IOA’s top priority remains the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. “The budget is still being worked out. But we have identified the various venues,” informed Kalmadi.

“The Games village is being done by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) through private and public participation, the government is working on the development of the infrastructure in the city and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) is in charge of renovation of existing venues.”

Going a bit too far, Kalmadi revealed that the IOA intends to bid for the 2016 Olympics. “We’ve already got the backing of the government to make the bid. Since the infrastructure will be already in place (after 2010 and 2014) we don’t have to spend more on that,” he explained.