NEW DELHI: The Commonwealth Secretary-General Mr. Kamlesh Sharma today said the Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi is already a huge achievement and would be a greater achievement once the Games are over besides being the turning point for India as a nation.
Mr. Sharma was talking to the top brass of Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi at its headquarters after he sat through presentations about the preparations for the Games. Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Chairman Mr. Suresh Kalmadi, MP, and his team updated Mr. Sharma on the progress made.
Mr. Kalmadi said it was an honour to have the Commonwealth Secrtary-General in the headquarters of the Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi. “I am glad you were present at the launch of the Queen’s Baton Relay 2010 Delhi in Buckingham Palace and we count on your support,” he told Mr. Sharma.
The Commonwealth Secretary-General said the Games will be a great Indian show. “I am glad I came here. Of course, one has a theoretical view that these things must be very complex but it is only when you visit a place where things are being done that the magnitude of the task really hits you,” he said. “I wish you all strength and success. I am sure it will be a Games that India is going to be proud of and the Commonwealth, too.”
Mr. Sharma hoped the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi would have a larger benefit to the Commonwealth societies by encouraging sports culture as a whole, not just in terms of medal-winning sport but also by inspiring younger people in the villages or towns and everywhere else to take up sport. “We should make it into a Commonwealth strength,” he said.
I always say that it was the turning point for the Commonwealth in many ways when runners from the Caribbean nations beat the United States in the 100m dash – for gold medal and silver medal. This is an example of how much achievement there is inherent in our societies,” he said.
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