closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2010 at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium at New Delhi.It was full house again. 70,000 spectators applauded the performances and danced to the tunes of popular Bollywood numbers.
At the heart of every Commonwealth Games lies the Olympic ideal. The spirit of athletes competing for their own sake. The spirit of the amateur athlete. And the spirit of athletes being ambassadors of their nations, bringing the varied cultures of the Commonwealth nations into closer contact.
So when the Commonwealth Games Federation flag shifted hands from Delhi to Glasgow, the host city of the next Games in 2014, during the ritual segment of the closing ceremony here this evening, Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi wiped a stain of relief from his forehead.
At the end, sport was the winner. The crowds cheered the triumphs of athletes from all over. And they stood with pride each of the 38 times the national anthem — following each gold medal win — played out.
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