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Tuesday, 22 July 2014

Commonwealth Games 2014!

5 Facts that I already know about the Commonwealth Games:

1
There are 71 Countries competing in the Commonwealth games.
2
Scotland is hosting the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth games.
3
Winners get gold. Second Place gets silver and Third Place gets bronze.
4
400m Sprint and 200m Sprint is a sport that is in the Commonwealth games.
5
Australia & New Zealand are two out of 71 countries that are in the games. They both have net-ball teams.

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10 new facts that I found out about the Commonwealth Games: (include a link to the site where you found your information. Your information needs to be in your own words)

1
Scotland have hosted the Commonwealth games in 1970 and 1986. The games were both held in Edinburgh.
2
New Zealand is a country that has attended all of the Commonwealth Games.
3
Commonwealth Games were created for athletes to show the world their famous talent in sports.
4
Greg Yelavich (a New Zealander) has won 12 medals in seven games in the sport, shooting.  
5
Canada 200 athletes competing in the Commonwealth Games 2014.
6
India has 215 athletes playing different sports in the Games except for netball, rugby sevens and triathlon.
7
Netball is played in the Commonwealth Sports Arena.
8
In 2000 athletes that are 14 - 18 years of age could compete in the Commonwealth Youth Games the CBF created.
9
In 1942 and 1946 there were no Commonwealth Games because of World War II.
10
Originally the Commonwealth Games were called the British Empire Games.

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