What does this sort of news say about India?

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Mark Montgomery of Northern Ireland carries his nation's flag during the Opening Ceremony for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 3, 2010 in Delhi, India.​

 

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Ross Edgar of Scotland carries his nation's flag during the Opening Ceremony for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 3, 2010 in Delhi, India.​

 

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Competitors from South Africa parade around the stadium during the Opening Ceremony for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 3, 2010 in Delhi, India.

Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa carries his nation's flag during the Opening Ceremony for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 3, 2010 in Delhi, India.​

 

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Competitors from Wales wave to the crowd during the Opening Ceremony for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 3, 2010 in Delhi, India.

David Davies of Wales carries his nation's flag during the Opening Ceremony for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 3, 2010 in Delhi, India.​

 

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Suresh Kalmadi the Chairman of the Delhi 2010 CWG Organising Committee addresses the crowd during the Opening Ceremony for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 3, 2010 in Delhi, India.
Suresh : Next, we will be doing the Summer Olympic !
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Flag bearer Ken Pereira of Canada leads his delegation into the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium during the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 3, 2010.​

 

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Fireworks light up the sky during the XIX Commonwealth Games opening ceremony at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on October 3, 2010.​

 

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Papua New Guinea athletes, led by flagbearer and squash player Barbara Stubbings, walk during the XIX Commonwealth Games opening ceremony at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on October 3, 2010.​

 

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Fireworks light the night sky above the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium towards the end of the XIX Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in New Delhi on October 3, 2010.​

 

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The Indian Railways float procession is seen during the Opening Ceremony for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 3, 2010 in Delhi, India.

 

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Fireworks go off at the end of the Opening Ceremony for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 3, 2010 in Delhi, India.​

 

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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales has difficulty placing the Queen's baton in its holder during the Opening Ceremony for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 3, 2010 in Delhi, India.

Prince Charles, Prince of Wales during the Opening Ceremony for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 3, 2010 in Delhi, India.​

 

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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales has difficulty placing the Queen's baton in its holder during the Opening Ceremony for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 3, 2010 in Delhi, India.

Suresh Kalmadi the Chairman of the Delhi 2010 CWG Organising Committee assists Prince Charles, Prince of Wales in securing the Queen's baton in its holder during the Opening Ceremony for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 3, 2010 in Delhi, India.

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Security forces take guard outside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium as the Opening Ceremony takes place ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on October 3, 2010 in Delhi, India.​

 

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Locals watch from outside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium as the Opening Ceremony takes place ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on October 3, 2010 in Delhi, India​

 

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NEW DELHI : IOC chief Jacques Rogge insisted Sunday that India can make a serious bid for the Olympics despite the shambolic run-up to the New Delhi Commonwealth Games.

The International Olympic Committee president said the foundation stones had now been laid, and that the Commonwealth event would ultimately make the country proud.

"There is a difference between Olympics and Commonwealth Games. The Olympics is bigger and more complicated," India's Zeenews quoted Rogge as saying.

"But I think India has set a good foundation stone for the Olympics bid and a successful Commonwealth Games can help India mount a serious bid for the Olympics."

India is considering a bid for the 2020 Olympics, with the IOC General Assembly due to vote on the host city in 2013.

The run-up to the Commonwealth Games, which open Sunday, has been marred by problems, despite the country having seven years to prepare.

Many of the sports venues have only been completed in recent weeks, while the athletes' village was slammed for being "filthy" when the first competitors arrived.

Rogge, who is in India to attend the opening ceremony, said it was a learning curve.

"I think the Games will make India proud. It is something we can show to the world that we can organize an event of such big stature," he said.

"I think everything will be fine. The things are going well and we have very experienced people handling it."

In August, Australian Olympic chief John Coates, a member of the IOC executive board, said India's hopes of one day hosting the Olympic Games would suffer unless it overcame its Commonwealth organisational problems.

Rogge added that India, as the world's second most populous country, needed to start winning more medals at major events and urged the country's youth to play more sport.

"My message to India is practice sport," he said.

"Sport is education, sport is health and sport is joy. More youth in the country must practice sports."

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_sports/view/1084890/1/.html

lol. If they manage to screw CWG up this bad, I wonder what they will do with the much larger olympic games

 

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AS 7,000 dancers cavort with giant puppets beneath a vast balloon, the Commonwealth Games kick off yesterday in an explosion of noise and colour.

But as VIPs including Prince Charles watched the opening ceremony's drama, behind the scenes in Delhi there was yet more slapstick comedy as the chaos and bungling continued.

On the eve of today's first competitions, dozens of scoreboards were not in place and crucial timing equipment had still not been installed - meaning potential world records may not stand.


Chaos ... dog on track
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Almost half the 22,000 volunteer helpers supposed to guarantee the games go smoothly had done a runner - with the smart kit they were given for taking part.

A case of the potentially-deadly dengue fever had been reported inside the athletes' village. And in a cock-up that sums up the shambles, the 10metre diving board had been found to be 10.7 metres high.

In the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium there was no sign of the anarchy as Prince Charles, Camilla and Prince Edward watched the three-hour ceremony.

It began with thousands of performers blowing horns while drummers hammered out a beat.

Then, as fireworks lit up the sky, the world's largest helium balloon lifted 90ft off the ground - dangling eight 20ft-tall dancing puppets in Indian costume.

Some of the 6,000 athletes from the 71 teams competing in the 19th games then paraded around.

The cheerful facade cracked only once - when a segment of the 60,000 crowd booed organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi as he stood up to speak. The jeers reflected a growing fury over the scale of the blunders. The run up to the games, only the second held in Asia, has been a PR disaster.

First a collapsing bridge, then tales of the filthy athletes' village - followed by deadly snakes, monkeys and dogs on in the venues, a dengue fever outbreak and the spiralling £3.8billion bill.


Many events face delays because transport, scoring systems and refereeing arrangements are in disarray. The diving board debacle is typical. A source said: "The height of the board is creating havoc for the divers. They just can't get their entry into the pool right. Ten metres is ten metres. It should be simple. But it's a farce."

Games organisers are working around the clock to install scoreboards at venues and check the so-far untested timing systems.

It has led to fears British stars such as swimmer Rebecca Adlington, due to compete today, and sprinter Mark Lewis-Francis, may break records only for them not to stand because of faulty equipment.

New Zealand netball chief Lindy Murphy said today's initial game with England is under threat.

She said: "At this stage I don't know how we can start. These people have no concept of how high-performance sport works." Delhi, a city of 13 million people, was yesterday placed in lock-down amidst fears of a terrorist attack.

All shops, cinemas and restaurants were shut, there were road blocks throughout the city - and soldiers patrolled the streets.

There is more trouble on the horizon. More than 700 drivers due to transport athletes and officials refused to work yesterday in protest at long hours and bad food.

But Minister for Delhi Sheila Dikshit knows who is to blame. The media. She said yesterday: "Why don't the media focus on positive things like the new bus depot we have opened in Delhi?"

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Now they blame the media

 

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Ryan Napoleon of Australia reacts after placing first in his men's 400m freestyle swimming heat during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 4, 2010. ​

Napoleon won his heat despite having missed three weeks of training due to his doping ban for using incorrectly-labelled asthma medication being pushed forward.
Napoleon revealed he was not coming off a perfect preparation, having been struck with a bit of the infamous "Delhi belly".
"Myself and Rob Hurley both had a rough night on the toilet," he confessed.
"So we had a bit of pasta at the casual dining hall last night, [we're] not walking as fast though in the legs a little bit."

 

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Re: More mistake

The diving board debacle is typical. A source said: "The height of the board is creating havoc for the divers. They just can't get their entry into the pool right. Ten metres is ten metres. It should be simple. But it's a farce."

OMG, this is so freaking funny!!!!!