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Major venues for 2010 games in New Delhi are:- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium -, Lawn, Bowls, Athletics and weightlifting |
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The second biggest sports extravaganza of the world The Commonwealth Games is all set to take place in New Delhi in 2010. Eleven main venues of the city are to host the Games. Some of them are existing stadiums while others are newly built. Even the existing stadiums are renovated and upgraded to meet the international standard. Besides these main venues, which are to experience fierce   competition of athletes in various events there are certain training venues. These training venues are there to provide adequate facility to athletes to prepare themselves before the actual competition. The host city is to witness five newly built stadiums including one indoor stadium at each in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for weightlifting, Indira Gandhi Stadium for wrestling, Siri Fort Sport Complex for badminton and squash and Yamuna Sports Complex for table tennis. All these venues are to be located near the Games Village at an average distance of 10-15 km. which can be traveled easily within 15 to 20 munites. All these venues along with the Games Village are to be inter-connected with each other by high quality roads and metro rail network.