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The 2010 Commonwealth Games (officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games), was a multi-sport event held in Delhi, India from 3 to 14 October 2010. It was the first time that India hosted the Commonwealth Games and the second time it was held in Asia after Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs) participated in this Games, competing in 272 events in 21 sports.[1][2]
Athletes from 36 participating CGAs won at least one medal; athletes from 23 of these CGAs secured at least one gold. Australia led the medal table for the sixth consecutive time with 74 golds and 177 medals overall.[3] Host nation India finished second in the table for the first time in Commonwealth Games history with a tally of 38 golds and 101 medals overall.[4] Botswana, the Cayman Islands and Samoa won their first ever Commonwealth Games gold medals.[5] Australian swimmer Alicia Coutts emerged as the most successful athlete with five gold medals.[6]
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- ^ "Introduction – 2010 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). yas.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ Mulvey, Paul (14 October 2010). "Australia tops medal table again". The Whitsunday Times. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ "Awakening of a giant- from one to 101 medals for India in 76 years". cwgdelhi2010.org (Official website of the Games). Delhi. 15 October 2010. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ "Montsho wins Botswana's first ever gold medal". NDTV. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ "Fifth gold for Coutts as Australian medal rush continues". CNN. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2011.