In total there are events at the Games. Template Commonwealth Games Calendar. He was the "Best Athlete of the 18th Commonwealth Games". Note:The country coloured in blue is the host country i. Leisel Jones won four gold medals in the swimming competition, sweeping the breaststroke events and the medley relay. There were 71 countries, territories and bodies competing at the Commonwealth Games. On 22 March it was reported that seven athletes from Sierra Leone three women and four men had also disappeared.
A further seven Sierra Leonean athletes also went missing during the course of the Games, bringing the total runaway count to fourteen two-thirds of the team. Victoria Police believed that they had fled to Sydney where the Sierra Leonean community is much larger than Melbourne's. Two hours before the Closing Ceremony on 26 March, officials from the Cameroon team reported to police that nine of their members had also vanished.
These incidents were not without precedent: 27 athletes similarly disappeared from the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England 21 from Sierra Leone, 5 from Bangladesh and one from Pakistan , and over 80 athletes and officials overstayed their visas after the Summer Olympics in Sydney.
On request of Sierra Leone officials, the Commonwealth Games Federation cancelled those athletes' Games accreditation, allowing the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs DIMA to cancel their visas at midnight on 27 March, and begin investigating their disappearance.
Template:Wikinews At 7. All six indicated they wished to seek political asylum in Australia , and were granted bridging visas by DIMA while their refugee applications were arranged. The athletes claimed to have been subjected to violence and torture in their home country; seventeen-year-old Isha Conteh stated she could be forced into female genital cutting if she returned.
Two of the missing Cameroonian athletes were later found in Perth, Western Australia. Culture Wikia Explore. Wiki Content. Duke Ellington DJ Shadow!!! Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? History Talk 0. Main article: Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. Main article: Events at the Commonwealth Games. Main article: Commonwealth Games closing ceremony. Main article: Commonwealth Games medal table.
The Independent. Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. Herald Sun. BBC News Online. The site for the opening and closing ceremonies was the Melbourne Cricket Ground which was also used during Melbourne's Olympic Games.
The mascot for the games was Karak, a Red-tailed Black Cockatoo. Wellington withdrew its bid, citing the costs involved with matching the bid plan presented by Melbourne, which became the default host without members of the Federation going to vote. Early concerns arose about the large cost of staging the Games, with projected costs likely to be over 1 billion Australian dollars and a high likelihood the Victorian taxpayer would have to cover the expense.
The cost was described in some local media as excessive. National Party leader Peter Ryan said that the Labor government should win "gold medal for burning money" However, not all of this money was wasted.
The actual costs for hosting the games was 1. An athlete's village in the inner suburb of Parkville housed approximately 7, athletes and support staff during the Games, and has been transformed into commercial housing with a distinctly eco-friendly image.
The creation of this village attracted controversy, with critics claiming it was created by alienating public parkland, while proponents maintained that it represented the renewal of an otherwise derelict inner-city area. The change from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time in Australian states that follow it was delayed from 26 March to 2 April for to avoid affecting the games.
In addition, state and private schools amended their usual term times so as to allow the first term holidays to coincide with the Games. Melbourne's public transport system - train, tram and bus - ran to altered timetables with some amended or substituted services for the duration of the Games. For the most part, timetabled services were unchanged but suffered due to higher loads.
The following venues were used at the Commonwealth Games.
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