Looking forward to the Commonwealth Games, well I am because I love events like this. It’s not the Olympics but still some of the greatest athlete’s in the world will be taking part who would also be in the running for medals in any Olympics.
No team GB has the athletes are split between the four home nations, Wales, Scotland, N Ireland and England making it interesting and giving lesser known athletes a chance to show their stuff. Where as in the Olympics team GB would be made up of up to three competitors now 12 home nations athletes could be on show.
There are 73 participating nations in Glasgow with Australia and England the biggest teams of over 400 and the smallest team coming from Brunei with a lone solitary cyclist. The Paralympic athletes will have their five sports included athletics, swimming, powerlifting, lawn bowls and for the first time track cycling alongside their able body colleagues.
There are not as many sports to look forward to like the Olympics. No sailing or canoeing, a pity but there will be my personal favourite lawn bowls. Yes I will be all keyed up for the battle of the greens it will be riveting. Its funny how some sports are in and the next time out. Archery is one you would think should be at the core of the games but no its not. Most participating countries must have an archery squads so why its not a regular in the games is beyond me. The strangest ‘sport’, which made one appearance, was Ten-Pin Bowling in the 1998 Kuala Lumpur games.
No football though but seven a side rugby but why can’t they have 5-a-side football it would be more popular than rugby.
Most of the games are in and around Glasgow with the swimming in Edinburgh and shooting outside Dundee but it is mention for Cardiff there are calls that it must be spread over the whole of Wales.
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