The much-awaited 22nd Commonwealth Games, 2022 (CWG 2022) began with an entertaining opening ceremony at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Thursday.
The Queen’s baton completed all fields during her visit to Birmingham, despite restrictions due to COVID-19.
A 10-metre-high fiery bull, which took five months to prepare, is pulled by female chain-makers. This was a symbolic gesture towards the women of the nineteenth century, who worked long hours in hot and cramped conditions and made chains with little income. It also called for a strike for better working conditions.
Prince Charles announced Commonwealth Games 2022 Opened by the Queen and an enthralling opening ceremony came to an enthusiastic end.
The three colors of the game- red, yellow and blue represent the values of humanity, luck and equality. At the end of the ceremony, the six medalists brought the ceremonial flag of CWG 2022.
India will be represented by 215 athletes who will compete in 141 events across 19 sports.
india star players PV Sindhu And Manpreet Singh was given the honor of being the flag bearer of India. The honor was first earmarked for the Tokyo gold medalist. Neeraj Chopra But since he was ruled out of the event, the Indian hockey men’s team captain was awarded the honor.
In Birmingham approximately 5000 athletes would go on to win the 1875 medals against each other in a number of sporting events. This edition of the Commonwealth Games 2022 is also special because, for the first time, women will outnumber men in global, multi-sport events.
The number of gold medals for women is also higher. The gold medals for women are 136 while those for men are 134.
In the 2018 edition of Commonwealth Games, India won 66 medals. However, it was the 2010 edition of the CWG when India performed brilliantly by winning 101 medals out of which 38 were gold medals.
ANI. with inputs of
catch all sports news And updates on Live Mint. download mint news app to receive daily market update And live business news,