Colonial Olympics calamity
Organizers of October?s 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi needed eight years to plan for the quadrennial event. They got seven.
As such, missed deadlines, poor construction, security issues, execrable accommodations and corruption prompted some athletes to stay home -- a wise move if you were among the 20 percent of England?s swim team to fall ill after several heats in the facilities? murky pools.
Matters came to a head when at a press conference, organizing committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi thanked Princess Diana for attending the opening ceremony.
The games were a high-profile blight on a nation that has otherwise made ambitious gains on the world stage.
Source: http://www.cnngo.com/mumbai/life/year-preview/mumbai-stories-changed-our-world-583481
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