What does this sort of news say about India?

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Malaysia's Azizulhasni Awang (R) and Josiah Ng (L) celebrate after finishing first and second during the keirin men's final 1-6 at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex during the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on October 6, 2010. Ng won the gold medal after Awang was disqualified after winning the men's keirin cycling final.​

 

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(L-R) David Daniell of England (silver), Josiah Ng of Malaysia (gold) and Simon van Velthooven of New Zealand (bronze) receive their medals for the Men's Keirin at the medal ceremony for the Track Cycling event at the IG Sports Complex during day three of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on on October 6, 2010 in Delhi, India.​

 

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Josiah Ng of Malaysia receives his gold medal for the Men's Keirin at the medal ceremony for the Track Cycling even at the IG Sports Complex during day three of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on on October 6, 2010 in Delhi, India.

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en Lee of Australia focuses during the women's 58kg group A weightlifting at the JN Sports Complex during day three of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on October 6, 2010 in Delhi, India.​

 

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Australia's Seen Lee competes in the women's 58kg weightlifting competition at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 6, 2010.​

 

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Seen Lee : I give my best.

Seen lee : I got Silver.​

 

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(L-R) Australia's silver medal winner Seen Lee, India's gold medal winner Renu Bala Chanu Yumnam and England's bronze medal winner Zoe Smith pose together at the awards ceremony for the women's 58 kg weightlifting event during the XIX Commonwealth Games at Jawaharlal Nehru sports complex in New Delhi on October 6, 2010.​

 

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Silver medallist Bin Gai of Singapore (L), Gold medallist Omkar Singh of India and Bronze medallist Swee Hon Lim of Singapore show their medals during the medal ceremony for the Singles 50m Pistol Men's Event at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range during day two of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on October 6, 2010 in Delhi, India.​

 

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(L-R) Australia's silver medal winner Seen Lee, India's gold medal winner Renu Bala Chanu Yumnam and England's bronze medal winner Zoe Smith pose together at the awards ceremony for the women's 58 kg weightlifting event during the XIX Commonwealth Games at Jawaharlal Nehru sports complex in New Delhi on October 6, 2010.​

Omg is the one in the middle a female?


No wonder sometimes it's hard to differentiate a female keling from a male one.

 

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India's gold medal winner Renu Bala Chanu Yumnam reacts after a successfull lift during the women's 58 kg weightlifting snatch event.

India's gold medalist Renu Bala Chanu Yumnam (C) poses with her family members after winning the women's 58kg weightlifting competition at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 6, 2010​

 

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From left, Singapore's Foo Ee Yeo, Mauritius' Ahmed Ondimba Bongo, and Guyana's Adam Harris, walk on the track after the results of their Men's 100m heat was invalidated during the Commonwealth Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010.

British Virgin Island's Tahesia Harrigan competes during the women's 100m qualification event of the Track and Field competition of the XIX Commonwealth games on October, 6 2010 in New Delhi. The blue-riband athletics program was given the go-head at the Commonwealth Games Wednesday after frantic last-minute repairs to fix the damaged track during Sunday's spectacular opening ceremony.​

 

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A small number of spectators turn up to watch the athletics during day three of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 6, 2010 in Delhi, India.​

 

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Josiah Ng of Malaysia receives his gold medal for the Men's Keirin at the medal ceremony for the Track Cycling even at the IG Sports Complex during day three of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on on October 6, 2010 in Delhi, India.

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Dude, why are you posting so many pictures of malaysian medal winners ?
You have an obsession for malaysia or what ?

 

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ah neh cannot even organise to sell tickets

Pushing, shoving, yelling all part of purchasing a ticket at Delhi Games

By: Jim Morris, The Canadian Press

NEW DELHI - The ticket directed you to Section 33 of Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

No row or seat was specified.

In reality, you could have sat almost anywhere in the 60,000-seat stadium. Whole sections of empty blue seats greeted athletes as the track and field competition began Wednesday at the Commonwealth Games. The building might have been a quarter full.

Mark Scullion had made the trip from Northern Ireland to watch his son compete in the 5,000 metres. Looking around, Scullion wasn't sorry his son had to pull out because of a chest infection.

"I'm glad my son didn't run, to be honest,'' Scullion said with a shake of his head. "You expect a massive event, coming into a full stadium.''

Poor attendance is just the latest embarrassment for a Games already humiliated by construction delays and corruption allegations. There have also been glitches at competitions and worries over the possibility of terrorist attacks.

It took some urgent repairs to the stadium track to avoid delaying the start of the athletics competition.

Reports last week said that just 200,000 of the available 1.7 million tickets had been sold for the Games. Officials said an additional 50,000 tickets had been sold Tuesday, a day after saying tickets might have to be given away to fill venues.

In an effort to improve sales, booths have been placed at all venues.

Simply buying a ticket is an insight into Indian life.

The small kiosk outside the track stadium was chaos. It looked like a Boxing Day sale at a big-box electronic store. Everyone used cash.

A large crowd, mostly men, pushed and shoved. Two people had their heads shoved through the small window in the booth and were yelling orders at a young woman sitting at a computer. Others milled about, talking loudly on cellphones.

One man pulled his head out of the window, several tickets in his hand. He yanked out a phone, yelled at someone on the other end for several seconds, then stuck his head back into the kiosk to order more tickets.

The man beside him would ask the sales person a question, then turn around and shout at a friend standing further back in the lineup.

Just as they left the window, an older woman in a polka-dot dress and blue sneakers barged to the front of the line, cash clutched in her hand. She managed to shake off a solid bodycheck from one man and reached the open window before the next customer.

Prices for Wednesday's athletics events ranged from C$2.28 to $17. The top ticket for finals later in the week is $22.

Tickets for other sports cost about the same. The bargain of the Games is lawn bowling where a ticket goes for just over a dollar.

While the prices sound cheap, the average daily wage in India is $15.

Delhi resident Mane Seabee purchased tickets for his family of eight off the Internet on Tuesday.

"The opening ceremonies were so successful, that's why we are here,'' said Seabee. "We just want to enjoy.''

Seabee seemed surprised when asked what he thought about the small crowd.

"I think it's a good turnout,'' he said. "Track and field doesn't have any importance in India.''

But even the crowds for more more popular sports like field hockey have been disappointing.

Entering the stadium requires going through airport-style security. Bags are X-rayed and searched.

There have been complaints about some security staff demanding items like iPods, makeup and water bottles be left at the gate and when owners return later, their belongings are gone.

The huge stadium, which wasn't soldout for Sunday's opening ceremonies, has two levels. There's dirt under the seats and armed soldiers stalk the concourses.

No matter where you sat, the action seemed far away. But that didn't deter the fans who were there from enjoying themselves.

They cheered loudly for the races, the volume increasing each time an Indian athlete did well. Some men slipped off their shoes and sat barefoot. Children waved flags.

To find a bathroom you have to navigate narrow halls. One of the washrooms had cleaning supplies left sitting on counters.

The Fast Trax food booth was doing a brisk business. People pushed around the counter, shouting orders.

A California chicken burger costs about $1.60, a chicken curry dish around $3.40. A coke goes for about 45 cents but Diet coke costs a penny more.

No alcohol is available.

India had hoped the Games would showcase the country as an emerging economic power and pave the road to eventually hosting an Olympics. Instead there have been stories about collapsing bridges and snakes in the athletes village.

The anticipated tourist boom hasn't materialized either.

A story in a local newspaper said only 8,000 extra foreign tourists have come to the country instead of the expected 100,000.

Daniel Cutance and his friend Ray Hardwick had travelled from Australia after buying tickets on the Internet. They blamed the lack of tourists on the negative press the Games had received back home.

"Everyone is scared,'' said Hardwick. "The media made it sound like it was dangerous to go.

"We knew a lot of people who had pulled out.''

Cutance said he's found the people in New Delhi friendly and hasn't experience any problems.

"It's all been good,'' he said.

Tickets can also be purchased at the Central Bank of India but finding the right location can take an explorer's persistence.

One Central Bank was discovered after navigating sidewalks dotted with pot holes and electrical wires. A woman wearing a colourful dress sat outside selling fruit.

Entering the bank meant squeezing through a small door and ducking under a chain that was padlocked around an iron gate. Bumping the chain caused a large clump of dirt to fall off the door frame and onto the floor.

It was dark and dusty inside and the sudden appearance of a large, sweating white man stopped most conversations.

The customer was quickly told this branch didn't sell Games tickets but one several blocks down the road did.

While the Delhi system can test your patience, it seems more fair than the lottery scheme used to sell tickets at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

There, people used the Internet to request tickets. Hopes of watching the gold medal hockey game sometimes turned into the reality of seeing Latvia play Slovakia in the preliminary round.

 

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Re: again ah neh snake themselves out, and pretend nothing is wrong

NEW DELHI:
"These reports are unsubstantiated. We have conducted tests on 700 food samples and nothing was found," he said.

India has different hygeine standards compared to the rest of the world. We don't eat shit.

 

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some nice photos

Alison Bruce of the Australian Women's Hockey team trains.

Marilou Dozois-Prevost of Canada competes in the Women's 53kg weightlifting final.

 

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good for them, they get the stadium ready in last min

Delhi Games: Track Finished Despite Fears
10:05am UK, Wednesday October 06, 2010

Around 1,000 workers toiled through the night to repair the track at the main Commonwealth Games stadium - amid fears athletes could be at risk.

Workers repair the running track ahead of the commencement of the athletics program at the JN Stadium on day three of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games

Fears remain over facilities despite last-minute repairs to the track

Bosses at the games insisted the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in Delhi, was ready for international competition despite a build-up that has been plagued by problems.

But Britain's former triple-jump champion Jonathan Edwards said the condition of the track - which was damaged during the opening ceremony - remained "beyond anything I imagined".

The world record holder said: "For a top athlete coming into a stadium this is not what you expect.

"The straight for the 100 metres is fine, but they are re-laying a bit of the track which was damaged during the opening ceremony and they've had to do that a couple of times because the standard to which it's been repaired hasn't been up to scratch.

I am happy to tell you that all the work that was necessary has been completed and all systems are go

Commonwealth Games Federation president Mike Fennell

"Obviously, concerns about the athletes' safety are foremost.

"Normally, you would lay a track and perhaps leave it for two or three days to settle and to harden so this is probably unparalleled."

An army of workers could be seen frantically laying down grass overnight on large, bare areas of the in-field, while others furiously brushed debris away.

But Commonwealth Games Federation president Mike Fennell said he was confident it was now suitable for competition, which gets under way with the men's 5,000m.

A worker tries to dry up the discus circle ahead of the commencement of the athletics program at the JN Stadium on day three of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games

Up to 1,000 workers were involved in overnight efforts to prepare facilities for athletes

"There have been some reports speculating about the preparations of the athletics which starts today and I am happy to tell you that all the work that was necessary has been completed and all systems are go," he said.

"There was some damage to the athletics track and the in-field was in a very poor condition, and there was some general cleaning up to be done.

"But the workers responded to this overnight and it was all done."

Beleagured organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi denied it was a shambles.

And he said more than 50,000 tickets had been sold in one day, preventing the huge swathes of empty spectators' seats visible during early events.

"Over 1,000 people have been working on the track and it is now okay," he said.

 

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Re: some nice photos

Nice photos.
Hockey player and weightlifter. Not the workers.

 

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yesterday last min work on track

 

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Re: some nice photos

Nice photos.
Hockey player and weightlifter. Not the workers.

i like to dig out the shits and cock up of ah neh, i let postnews to post the positive thing. i mainly look for the shits, but if i come across some nice photos, i post them, but it is harder to find the photos that make them look bad.