The 2010 Commonwealth Games kicked off on 3rd October with wonderful opening ceremony. Get the details of games’ wiki, results & updates below.

2010 Common Wealth Games information

Host city: New Delhi, India
Opening ceremony: 3 October
Closing ceremony: 14 October
India Motto: Come out and play
Nations participating: 71 Commonwealth Teams
Athletes participating: 6081
Events: 260 events in 17 disciplines
Main Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Website: cwgdelhi2010.org
Officially opened by: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Pratibha Patil, President of India

Criticism was received in the preparations of 2010 CWG on news media due to issues including bad weather, infrastructural compromise, preparation delays (in particular, that of the Games Village), the withdrawal of prominent athletes, and allegations of widespread corruption. But after all these, no nations have withdrawn and the games have not been postponed.

A great start was made by Nigerian weightlifter, Augustina Nkem Nwaoko by clinching the first gold medal in the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010. With a total of 175 kgs, Nwaoko created history and lifted 77 kgs in the Snatch and 98 kgs in the clean and jerk, in the 48-kg women's weightlifting category.

While Soniya Chanu claimed silver medal with a total of 167 kgs and Sandhya Rani Devi claimed bronze with a total of 165. Nwaoko stole the show when she became the first Nigerian woman to win Commonwealth Games Gold in a sport other than athletics with Nauru president and seven times Commonwealth Games Gold medalist Marcus STEPHEN (NRU) and Prince Albert of Monaco in the stands.

She challenged CHANU from the very first lift, matching her and then proving in a class of her own to set three new Commonwealth Records throughout the session. Nwaoko broke the Snatch record on her second attempt then improved it by moving from 76kg to 77kg. She then set a new Clean and Jerk record of 98kg, for a total of 175kg. HANU failed with two attempts at 103kg.

Kunjarani DEVI held all the 48kg Commonwealth Games record formerly. Australian Erika YAMASAKI was in equal third place after the Snatch dropped every chance at 88kg in her Clean and Jerk and failed to finish.

Meanwhile, the Indian swimming team started on a positive note. The relay team comprising Virdhawal Khade, Anshul Kothari, Arjun Jayaprakash and Aaron D'Souza finished sixth to get into the men's 4x100 m freestyle relay. The hopes were running high on Virdhawal Khade who helped the team clock 3:28.06s at the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Aquatics Complex to mark a successful debut.

Team India swimmers also qualified for semifinals and Badrinath Melkote (men's 50m backstroke) and Shubha Chittaranjan (women's 50m butterfly) finished 14th and 16th in their respective events. The national chief coach said boys have indeed made history. He added that the team's timing is not good enough to earn a podium finish. It will be difficult in final. But they should aim for a fourth-place finish, which will be good for the relay team.

But, Indian swimmers could not impress in women's 200 m freestyle, men's 400 m freestyle, women's 200 m individual medley, men's 200m butterfly, women's 50m breaststroke. Not any swimmer could make a mark in these categories.

Final Standings:

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