Gujarat’s Ahmedabad has been declared to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games. The event is set to be scheduled in October. Around 15 to 17 sports events will be held and featured in the event. This will be a major global sporting event to be held in India. Earlier in 2010, India hosted the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
The first Commonwealth Games was held in the year 1930 in Hamilton, Canada. The 2030 edition will be the stepping stone of the tournament reaching the milestone (100 years in 2030). Delegates from 74 Commonwealth member nations and territories chose India as hosts of the Games during a meeting at the Commonwealth Sport General Assembly in Glasgow.
Some of the major sporting events to be featured are gymnastics, rugby sevens, shooting, squash, triathlon and para triathlon, cricket T20, cycling, diving, hockey, judo, rhythmic, wrestling, archery, badminton, 3×3 basketball and wheelchair basketball, and beach volleyball.
In the New Delhi Games in 2010, India achieved more than 100 medals at a Commonwealth Games edition. In 101 total medals won, India’s victory included 38 golds. The last edition of the Games was held in 2022 in Birmingham, UK. In that edition, India won 61 medals in total, including 22 golds, 16 silvers, and 23 bronze medals.
Post announcement, Commonwealth Sport President Dr. Donald Rukare shared his opinion on a prestigious event coming to India.
He said, “This is the start of a new golden era for Commonwealth Sport. After a Games reset we head to Glasgow 2026 in fantastic shape to welcome the 74 teams of the Commonwealth before setting our sights on Amdavad 2030 for a special Centenary edition of the Commonwealth Games.”
“India brings scale, youth, ambition, rich culture, enormous sporting passion and relevance, and I am delighted to report strong interest from a range of nations to host the 2034 Games and beyond. We start our next century for the Commonwealth Games in good health,” he added.
Besides that, Commonwealth Games Association of India President Dr. PT Usha expressed her excitement on the authority of giving India the right to host the Games.
She said, “We are deeply honoured by the trust shown by Commonwealth Sport. The 2030 Games will not only celebrate a hundred years of the Commonwealth Movement but also lay the foundation for the next century. It will bring together athletes, communities and cultures from across the Commonwealth in a spirit of friendship and progress.”
(Inputs sourced from India Today, Olympics)
