What does this sort of news say about India?

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The Indian archery teams Deepika Kumari (L), Laishram Bombayala Devi (C) and Dola Banerjee(R) hold their gold medals after defeating England 207-206 in the women's finals at the Yamuna Sports Complex during the Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi on October 8, 2010. Indian won gold, England won silver and Canada won Bronze.​

 

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Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit : Why make fun of my name ?​

Oct 8, 2010
NZ apologises to India

WELLINGTON - NEW Zealand's foreign minister on Friday condemned a local television host's 'insulting' comments on air about an Indian official's name that drew a government complaint of racism from the South Asian nation.

Giggling uncontrollably, controversial presenter Paul Henry repeatedly mocked the last name of New Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on the 'Breakfast' show.

He also called her name 'so appropriate because she's Indian'. To an untrained ear, Ms Dikshit's last name sounds very similar to how it is spelled in English, though it has no vulgar connotations in Hindi.

(video, posted on the TVNZ website, showed Henry deliberately mispronouncing the name of Sheila Dikshit (pronounced "Dixit"), the Delhi chief minister called in to deal with problems at the Commonwealth Games.
For more than a minute, Henry repeatedly mocked Dikshit's name while continuing to laugh uncontrollably. He referred to her as "the dipshit woman", and declared that her name was "so appropriate, because she's Indian".)

Ms Dikshit, the equivalent of the city mayor, stepped in to oversee much of the frenzied last-minute preparations for the Commonwealth Games currently underway in the Indian capital.

Foreign minister Murray McCully said on Friday he wants India to know that Henry's comments last week did not represent the view of most New Zealanders.

India 'strongly and unequivocally denounces the racist remarks of the journalist in question,' the government said in a formal protest to New Zealand High Commissioner Rupert Holborow. -- AP

 

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England Louise Hazel cools off during a break in the heptathlon high jump event of the Track and Field competition of the XIX Commonwealth games on October 8, 2010 in New Delhi.

The legs of England's Louis Hazel appear as she lands on the mat during the heptathlon high jump event of the Track and Field competition of the XIX Commonwealth games on October 8, 2010 in New Delhi.

Louise Hazel of England laughs during the high jump in the women's heptathlon during day five of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 8, 2010 in Delhi, India.​

 

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India's Ankit Sharma competes in a Men's Long Jump qualification during the Commonwealth Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010.​

 

[Cestbon]

Re: want ah neh to say sorry, they will snake out some ridiculously reason to avoid t

Commanweakth game very low class. Many top runner from Jamaica very participate.

 

[singveld]

so hard to plan transport for official? they need 4 hours? what kind of organiser?

Judges' strike threatens athletics as Delhi chaos deepens

Technical judges for the athletics competition at the Jarwaharial Nehru Stadium have threatened to down tools and walk out, wrecking the centrepiece of the troubled Commonwealth Games, unless there is an improvement in the shambolic transport arrangements provided by organisers.

Officials were kept waiting for buses to take them to their hotels for four hours on the opening night of the athletics programme on Wednesday, with many not getting to bed until 2am before having to return to the stadium six hours later.

The organising committee has been put on notice that any repeat will lead to a strike by the hundreds of judges and technical staff needed to run the athletics competition.

Advertisement: Story continues below An immediate walk-out was only avoided after the beleaguered chairman of the organising committee, Suresh Kalmadi, gave his assurance that the situation would improve.

The angry mood among officials was communicated to him at a meeting on Thursday with Keith Davies, the British technical director of the International Association of Athletics Federations, and Bill Bailey, an Australian IAAF Council member and technical delegate to the Delhi Games.

The strike threat is the latest crisis to engulf the athletics competition after emergency repairs were required to the surface of the running track when it was damaged by Sunday's opening ceremony.

Work was still being carried out just hours before the opening race on Wednesday, raising concerns about whether the rubber compound surface would be fully bonded in time for the competition.

Further doubts have been raised about the quality of the runway for the long jump and triple jump competitions, which appears to be bumpy and undulating.

The sparse crowds inside the 60,000-seat stadium - there were around 10,000 spectators on Thursday but perhaps half that the day before - have also created a funereal atmosphere compared to the full houses that were the norm in Melbourne four years ago and in Manchester in 2002.

Meanwhile, there was more chaos when a giant electronic scoreboard came crashing down at the rugby sevens venue at Delhi University.

Fortunately, no one was injured. The collapse was blamed on the failure of a chain support at one corner of the scoreboard.

"Luckily, it happened when no spectators were around," said venue manager Kevin Culliver.

More seriously, the fortress-like security at the Games claimed its first victims when a high-tech device that was meant to prevent attacks on the athletes' village seriously injured three senior officials of the Ugandan team.

A car carrying the officials was entering the village late on Tuesday night when a tyre killer - a sharp-edged barrier that stays below the ground when authorized vehicles are being let in - rose suddenly and hit the vehicle.

The car braked sharply and hit a barrier, injuring chef de mission William Tumwine, an administrative officer and the team's press attache.

Tumwine and the administrator were rushed to hospital for emergency eye surgery.

Many of the Games delegations have voiced fears about a possible security mistake with thousands of soldiers routinely aiming loaded guns directly at officials, athletes and workers moving around the venues.

The Games technology is also in meltdown, with leading wire agencies Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Reuters making an official complaint about the late arrival of results, which has caused disruption to broadcasters and newspapers trying to report on the Games.

The technological problems have also hit the general public.

After responding to nationalistic calls from organisers to buy tickets and support Indian athletes, they found the ticket booths were unable to print their tickets. Many were turned away disappointed.

Earlier in the week the boxing weigh-in was deferred after the scales were found to be defective. The problem was only discovered after some teams had sent their athletes into the sauna and for runs in the midday heat to lose weight.

More than 2,000 athlete and official accreditations were also cancelled after Delhi Police raided the organising committee headquarters and discovered they had not been subject to a rigorous security check.

Those with invalid accreditations are now subject to even more rigorous security checks and intensive questioning before being admitted to venues.

 

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New Zealand's Sam Webster crashes while competing in the men's team sprint cycling event at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 8 , 2010.

New Zealand's Sam Webster reacts as his riding suit is taken off after crashing while competing in the men's team sprint during cycling at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 8 ,2010.​

 

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The injuries suffered by New Zealand's Sam Webster can been seen after crashing while competing in the men's team sprint during cycling at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 8 ,2010. Webster was not seriously injured.​

 

[singveld]

Tell me something new about ah neh, we know all about them

Chaotic Delhi games chief: I could help run London 2012
Matthew d'Ancona
08.10.10

The man in charge of organising the Commonwealth Games in Delhi has brushed aside criticism and offered his services to London 2012 chiefs.

Suresh Kalmadi said those running other competitions would be "banking on my team for their Games".

After delays, shoddy construction, dirty venues and the presence of venomous snakes, he stated: "There is a perception that a third-world country could not hold the event and we have proved them wrong."

Mr Kalmadi was booed at the opening ceremony and then lampooned after he claimed that the late Princess Diana had attended the event. In fact the Games were opened by Prince Charles, accompanied by his wife Camilla.

Mr Kalmadi told the Times of India: "It took just an opening ceremony to wipe out the cynicism and this indicates that some of the criticism was superficial and driven by a private agenda."

His comments come as the safety of British athletes in the games village was questioned after reports a Welsh competitor was harassed.

She lodged an official complaint with Delhi police after a man repeatedly took pictures of her on his mobile phone and followed her to her apartment.

As she locked herself inside, the man, who had official accreditation to access the athletes' village, banged on the door begging her to pose for him. "The man had already clicked three to four pictures of the Welsh athlete with his mobile phone," a senior police officer told the Hindustan Times.

"She got uneasy when he insisted she pose in a particular way. He only left after the athlete approached her security attaché, who accompanied her to the Commonwealth Games Village police station."

Police are refusing to release more details about Tuesday night's incident.

It is not known which sport the woman competes in, although it is understood she was waiting for a bus to take her to training when the man approached her.

No arrests have been made and officers plan to review CCTV footage from the area before interviewing housekeeping and security personnel.

"We are taking all necessary steps needed and the investigation is in process," said Rajan Bhagat, a Delhi police spokesman.

This is not the first harassment allegation to come out of the village. Women have complained of being stared at in the dining and swimming areas of the games village by staff, including security personnel.

Athletes and delegates have also complained about theft of goods from their rooms, including the loss of a Zambian squash player's passport from his flat.

 

[Char_Azn]

Re: ah neh paper blowing truppet

Zambian Acting High Commissioner to India Allan D. Kalebuka said his country was pushing India to do more, mainly because he wanted New Delhi to show the world that developing countries, too, had the potential to do as well as what the rich nations boast of.

"India has done us proud. Everything has been done so well," Kalebuka told IANS.

lol all the jokers came out and declared that after watching only the opening ceremony totally ignoring all the crazy things that happened and is still happening during the games

And for developing countries to show their potential, this idiot should look back 2 years ago further east in a place call China. Impressive games at a far larger scale without any of the shame

 

[singveld]

she should not feel sad about losing that gold, since only olympic gold matters

Games boss lashes organisers for Pearson treatment October 8, 2010 -
Let-down Sally: Pearson stripped of 100m gold
Perkins punishment 'self-imposed'
Commonwealth Games Federation president Mike Fennell on Friday accused besieged Delhi organisers of "blunders" and "inexperience" as the disaster-hit event lurched from one crisis to another.

Fennell, who has faced a daily barrage of criticism over the running of the 11-day showpiece, hit out at the farcical scenes which saw Australian 100m runner Sally Pearson stripped of her gold medal late Thursday.


Emotional . . . Sally Pearson anxiously waiting for the jury's verdict that decided to upheld an appeal to disqualify her from the 100m. Photo: Getty Images

Pearson was disqualified as 100m winner after a false start, but she was only informed that an appeal had been launched as she was preparing to receive the gold medal.

"There was a problem over communicating that appeals had been launched. There was a major communication blunder by the athletics officials," said Fennell.

"If there is a protest, then the athletes should be put on hold and told the reasons why. We received complaints about it. That treatment is unsatisfactory."

Last night Pearson found herself sitting on the same bus as English officials, who had just robbed her of a gold medal.

The sprinter and other Australians, including head athletics coach Eric Hollingsworth, were at the rear of the bus.

The English contingent were up the front.


Sally Pearson celebrates after winning the 100m. Photo: Getty Images

The trip back to the athletes village started uncomfortably following the controversial women's 100m final at the Delhi Commonwealth Games.

Pearson won the race but lost the gold medal when disqualified because of an English protest.

So how did Pearson respond to the uneasy air in the bus?


"Sally decided that she wanted to go and talk to the English manager," Hollingsworth said on Friday.

"She went up to the manager, and said there was no hard feelings and all the best to the (English) girl that got (promoted to) the bronze medal.

"Now that is another example of how we do business in Australia.


President of the Commonwealth Games Federation Mike Fennell. Photo: Getty Images
"I can assure you, with all the emotions that were going through Sally, that was a big deal for her to do.

"But it's also part of the process of getting on with winning the gold medal in 100m hurdles later in the meet."

Hollingsworth said there was no chance of Pearson being sapped by the sprint experience ahead of her pet hurdle event, in which she won silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

"No chance, no chance," he said.

"This is Sally Pearson we're talking about, this isn't an ordinary athlete, this is a great athlete.

"She will certainly be ready for the hurdles."

AFP/AAP

 

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8th October 2010

The Commonwealth Games has been hit by yet another problem after a giant scoreboard collapsed at the seven rugby stadium.
The 25ft-high electronic screen, costing nearly a quarter of a million pounds, crashed to the ground on Thursday night.
No one was injured but it is another disaster to strike the 2010 games in Delhi, India.
'We rushed to the scene to find the scoreboard in pieces,' a senior police officer told the Hindustan Times newspaper.
'There was a huge sound when the board came down.
'Initially we thought there was an attack or that someone had done some mischief.'
The rugby sevens event start kicks off at the Delhi University north campus on Monday and technicians are now scrambling to complete the venue.​

 

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Heem Wei LIM of Singapore competes on the beam during the Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual All-Around Final at the IG Sports Complex during day three of the Delhi

Lim Heem Wei of Singapore competes in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Beam Final at Indira Gandhi stadium during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on October 8, 2010. Lim won the silver.​

 

[singveld]

This look similar to the suspension bridge

HA HA This look similar to the suspension bridge, i think ah neh use sub standard material, due to corruption or they do not know what they are doing.

 

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Athletes sit in the empty stands as they watch the women's team table tennis bronze match at the Yamuna Sports Complex as part of the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on October 8, 2010.

Malaysia's Ng Sock Khim celebrates in front of members of the English team after winning the table tennis women's team bronze medal competition at the Yamuna Sports Complex as part of the the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on October 8, 2010.​

 

[FuzzyDude]

8th October 2010

Looks like the support cables snap. Obviously cannot bear the weight of the scoreboard.

 

[longbow]

Re: Tell me something new about ah neh, we know all about them

THIS is the problem.

They had 7 odd years to organize and build the facilities. Cost overrun, massive corruption, not prepared but yet that same idiot is petting himself on his back.

They will never learn if they keep doing this. Country has great potential but much of it is hijacked by the rich and powerful the the uneducated poor tells themselves it is karma.

Also India appears fixated on catching up or beating China. When you read the Chinese press all Beijing is concerned about is catching up with US. Never ever hear about India.

Chaotic Delhi games chief: I could help run London 2012
Matthew d'Ancona
08.10.10

The man in charge of organising the Commonwealth Games in Delhi has brushed aside criticism and offered his services to London 2012 chiefs.

Suresh Kalmadi said those running other competitions would be "banking on my team for their Games".

After delays, shoddy construction, dirty venues and the presence of venomous snakes, he stated: "There is a perception that a third-world country could not hold the event and we have proved them wrong."

Mr Kalmadi was booed at the opening ceremony and then lampooned after he claimed that the late Princess Diana had attended the event. In fact the Games were opened by Prince Charles, accompanied by his wife Camilla.

Mr Kalmadi told the Times of India: "It took just an opening ceremony to wipe out the cynicism and this indicates that some of the criticism was superficial and driven by a private agenda."

His comments come as the safety of British athletes in the games village was questioned after reports a Welsh competitor was harassed.

She lodged an official complaint with Delhi police after a man repeatedly took pictures of her on his mobile phone and followed her to her apartment.

As she locked herself inside, the man, who had official accreditation to access the athletes' village, banged on the door begging her to pose for him. "The man had already clicked three to four pictures of the Welsh athlete with his mobile phone," a senior police officer told the Hindustan Times.

"She got uneasy when he insisted she pose in a particular way. He only left after the athlete approached her security attaché, who accompanied her to the Commonwealth Games Village police station."

Police are refusing to release more details about Tuesday night's incident.

It is not known which sport the woman competes in, although it is understood she was waiting for a bus to take her to training when the man approached her.

No arrests have been made and officers plan to review CCTV footage from the area before interviewing housekeeping and security personnel.

"We are taking all necessary steps needed and the investigation is in process," said Rajan Bhagat, a Delhi police spokesman.

This is not the first harassment allegation to come out of the village. Women have complained of being stared at in the dining and swimming areas of the games village by staff, including security personnel.

Athletes and delegates have also complained about theft of goods from their rooms, including the loss of a Zambian squash player's passport from his flat.

 

[FuzzyDude]

Lim Heem Wei of Singapore competes in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Beam Final at Indira Gandhi stadium during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on October 8, 2010.
Lim won the silver.​

Silver medal for balance beam at the commonwealth games ? How did that happen ?
Singapore gymnastics has come a long way.

 

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Silver medalist Lim Heem Wel of Singapore poses during the awards ceremony of the Artistic Gymnastics Women Beam at Indira Gandhi stadium in New Delhi on October 8, 2010.

Gold medalist Lauren Mitchell of Australia (C), silver medalist Lim Heem Wel of Singapore (L) and bronze medalist Cynthia Lemieux-Guillmette of Canada (R) pose during the awards ceremony of the Artistic Gymnastics Women Beam at Indira Gandhi stadium in New Delhi on October 8, 2010. Mitchell was awarded 14.475 points for her final performance on the beam.​

 

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Re: This look similar to the suspension bridge

HA HA This look similar to the suspension bridge, i think ah neh use sub standard material, due to corruption or they do not know what they are doing.

It is not corruption that did India in. It is their fucked up engineers and business logics taught in India schools and India Institutes of Technology, or the IITs. The pride of India is all but bullshit and those degrees they award are rubbish paper you should not even use to clean the shit off your ass!