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The Welsh shot putter was part of the Great Britain bobsleigh team at the Winter Olympics

COLUMN: Not for the first time, Ian Wright captured the mood amid wild celebrations

NEW DELHI: What a leading athlete's angry tweet and the political pressure that ensues can do to a country's campaign at a major multi-sport event is best reflected in the episode involving Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain's 'mental harassment' charge and the uproar that accompanied it afterwards.

Without Neeraj and shooters, onus to swell India's medals tally is on boxing contingent, wrestlers, weightlifters and hockey teams

There'll be plenty of global superstars on show in Birmingham, including the four fastest women on the planet, iconic Paralympians, and a swimmer poised to become the greatest Commonwealth Games athlete of all time.

When Kaputin broke her ankle demonstrating a jump for kids in PNG, she was told she wouldn't walk for a year. Eighteen months later, she had qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, and is now PNG's flag-bearer for the Commonwealth Games.

This year’s Commonwealth Games hosts failed in their attempt to hold the 1992 Olympics in the West Midlands.

When London was preparing to host the 2012 Olympic Games, 250,000 people signed up to volunteer as official “Games Makers”. Of these, 70,000 people were ultimately selected to wear the distinctive purple-and-red volunteer uniforms. For 40% of them, it was the first time they’d done anything like this.

London is still reaping the rewards of the 2012 Olympics, it was claimed today, as the 10-year anniversary of the Games was marked.