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Highlights of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony:
Contingents Begin Rallying Around The Stadium; PV Sindhu-Led Indian Contingent Prepares For Ceremony; Harmanpreet Singh’s Indian Team Will Skip the Ceremony; PV Sindhu and Manpreet Singh Will Be Flag Bearers | In total, 6,500 athletes and team officials from a record-equaling 72 nations and territories will gather in Birmingham and the West Midlands region of England for the 22nd Commonwealth Games, which begin on Thursday and will feature 280 medal events across 19 sports. After the Olympics, this is the second largest multi-discipline sports extravaganza.
The Commonwealth Games of Birmingham 2022 have attracted competitors from 72 nations and territories, matching the record set by the 2002 edition held in Manchester, about a one-and-a-half-hour drive from here. The competitions will begin early on Friday, following a gala opening ceremony on Thursday.
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will be unique in that, for the first time in a multi-national, multi-discipline sporting event, there will be more events for female competitors than male competitors. Birmingham will host 136 women’s events and 134 men’s events. There will be ten mixed-team competitions.
So far, 61 nations have won medals at the Commonwealth Games, and organizers are hoping that a few more countries will win their first medals in 2022. P.V. Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medalist, described the Indian Olympic Association’s decision to name her as India’s flag-bearer at the 22nd Commonwealth Games as “a great honor.” Manpreet Singh, India’s hockey captain, has been named flag bearer alongside star shuttler.
Source:MC
