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	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
		The Olympic Games competitions prior to FINA had included a variety of unusual events such as underwater swimming (1900), 200m obstacle swimming (1900) and plunge for distance (1904).
		Priority decisions or goals were clear: to standardise the rules for swimming, diving and water polo; to obtain control of world records and to maintain an up-to-date list of these records; and finally, to ensure the direction of Olympic Games competitions for swimming, diving and water polo.
		Commonwealth Games swim results - men's 50m backstroke semis (16 March 2006 10:21 GMT)
	www.olympic.org /uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=AQ (226 words)

	COMONWEALTH GAMES - Melbourne Australia 2006
		At the Commonwealth Games Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey all compete in the Games as separate nations.
		At the Commonwealth and Olympic Games, Aquatics is classed as the sport and Diving, Swimming and Synchronised Swimming are all disciplines.
		Commonwealth nations include some of the largest populations on earth - such as India, with a population of 1.01 billion - and some of the world’s smallest populations such as St Helena, a 308 sq km Island in the Atlantic, with a population of 7000.
	www.comonwealthgames.com (1647 words)

	Team SA departs for Melbourne - SouthAfrica.info
		A special characteristic of the Commonwealth Games is the full integration of certain events for elite athletes with disability, Mkhize said, and Sascoc had "reserved places in the team for those athletes who will merit selection to compete in the athletics, swimming, table tennis and weightlifting events".
		South Africa will be participating in all individual sports on the Games programme, namely: athletics, aquatics (swimming, diving and synchro), badminton, lawn bowls, boxing, cycling (road, track and mountain biking), gymnastics (artistic and rhythmic), shooting, squash, table tennis, triathlon and weightlifting.
		As a multi-sports event, the Commonwealth Games rank second only to the Summer Olympics, and all 71 Commonwealth countries are expected to have teams in the Games' host city, Melbourne, from 15 to 26 March.
	www.southafrica.info /what_happening/sports/cgames2006a.htm (511 words)

	Virtual Library of Sport - world games
		The 35th games will be in Taipei, Taiwan from August 30 to September 3 with the following disciplines: Athletics, Swimming, Badminton, Basketball, Tennis and Table Tennis.
		Commonwealth Games Official site for the 2002 Games in Manchester; 72 teams participating in 17 sports
		Fire fighters World Games Every two years firefighters from around the world gather to participate in sporting events and events that are specific to the firefighting occupation such as Hose Laying, High Angle Rescue, and the Toughest Firefighter Alive competition.
	www.sportsvl.com /rest/worldgames.htm (617 words)

	Virtual Library of Sport - world games
		The 35th games will be in Taipei, Taiwan from August 30 to September 3 with the following disciplines: Athletics, Swimming, Badminton, Basketball, Tennis and Table Tennis.
		Commonwealth Games Official site for the 2002 Games in Manchester; 72 teams participating in 17 sports
		Fire fighters World Games Every two years firefighters from around the world gather to participate in sporting events and events that are specific to the firefighting occupation such as Hose Laying, High Angle Rescue, and the Toughest Firefighter Alive competition.
	www.sportsvl.com /rest/worldgames.htm (617 words)

	Commonwealth Games 2006
		The State Netball Hockey Centre is located Close to the Commonwealth Games Village, this venue includes a five-court indoor stadium designed for international competition.
		The 2006 Games will be the historical debut of this sport into the Commonwealth Games.
		This encompases diving, swimming and synchronised swimming, all of which will be contested in the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC): It is proposed that full and exclusive access to the competition venue would be made available atleast 7 days prior to the start of the Games for training and familiarity purposes.
	www.travelplaces.co.uk /commonwealth-sports-venues.htm (1972 words)

	BBC Manchester Online 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester Aquatic Centre
		Based in the heart of the city's student community, the new Manchester Aquatics Centre is one of the most exciting of all the Commonwealth Games developments and will host swimming, diving and synchronised swimming events.
		BBC Manchester Online 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester Aquatic Centre
	www.bbc.co.uk /manchester/2002/venues/swim.shtml (175 words)

	sport.iafrica.com aquatics
		RACE IS ON: The race is on to see who will join SA swim stars Ryk Neethling (in pic) and Roland Schoeman in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay at the Commonwealth Games, which gets underway in Melbourne on March 16.
		Australia are without their world beaters Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett, but South Africa will have their two inspirational team leaders in this week's swimming at the Commonwealth Games, team coach Dirk Lange said on Tuesday.
		Caitlin McClatchey and David Carry delivered a stunning double Scottish gold medal strike on the opening night of the Commonwealth Games swimming meet on Thursday.
	sport.iafrica.com /surfing (410 words)

	Commonwealth Games Federation amenable to cricket
		The Games feature 15 disciplines, namely aquatics, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, hockey, lawn bowls, net ball, rugby 7s, shooting, squash, table tennis, triathlon, weightlifting, of which athletics, lawn bowls, rugby sevens, swimming and netball are mandatory.
		Addressing a press conference in Delhi on Friday, Commonwealth Games Federation chairman Michael Fennell said the 2010 organizing committee's request is being considered but it would have to make a presentation to the General Assembly of the CGF on March 9, 2006 in Melbourne and convince the committee about the same.
		The two-day meeting of the executive board of the Commonwealth Games Federation discussed Melbourne's preparations for the 2006 event, Delhi's progress for the 2010 Games and the bid process for the 2014 Games venue.
	inhome.rediff.com /sports/2005/sep/16cwealth.htm (649 words)

	Commonwealth Games Federation amenable to cricket
		The Games feature 15 disciplines, namely aquatics, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, hockey, lawn bowls, net ball, rugby 7s, shooting, squash, table tennis, triathlon, weightlifting, of which athletics, lawn bowls, rugby sevens, swimming and netball are mandatory.
		Addressing a press conference in Delhi on Friday, Commonwealth Games Federation chairman Michael Fennell said the 2010 organizing committee's request is being considered but it would have to make a presentation to the General Assembly of the CGF on March 9, 2006 in Melbourne and convince the committee about the same.
		The Delhi Commonwealth Games organizing committee has asked the Commonwealth Games Federation to lift its 15-discipline cap so that it can include money-spinning disciplines like cricket in the 2010 Games, to be held in New Delhi.
	inhome.rediff.com /sports/2005/sep/16cwealth.htm (649 words)

	ABC Sport Online - Commonwealth Games 2006
		The triathlon at the Commonwealth Games promises to be one of the closest fought events on the sporting calendar, with the Australians aiming to clinch their first triathlon golds at a major games from a host of New Zealanders and Britons.
		One of the most eagerly-anticipated programs of the 2006 Games is undoubtedly the swimming, which will be played out in front of spectators at the MSAC.
		Australia's rivals at the Commonwealth Games field hockey fear a frustrating fortnight ahead in Melbourne as the ruthless hosts move to win both gold medals on offer.
	www.abc.net.au /commonwealthgames/2006/features.htm (495 words)

	Sport Commonwealth Games: day six
		A report in the Australian Daily Telegraph, conducted by intrepid reporter Anna Cock, suggests that, if you were to count medals only won by New South Wales residents, then the Australian state would be third in the medal table.
		Shooting: Wales claimed their first gold of the games today, when Ceri Dallimore and Johanne Brekke won the women's 50m rifle prone pairs by just one point from the Scottish duo of Sheena Sharp and Susan Jackson.
		Athletics: Men's 100m Blind Final (19.12pm at the City of Manchester Stadium) - Marvel as blind athletes run the 100m in eleven seconds on the last day of athletics at the Games.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4472608-110861,00.html (656 words)

	Commonwealth Games Federation amenable to cricket
		Addressing a press conference in Delhi on Friday, Commonwealth Games Federation chairman Michael Fennell said the 2010 organizing committee's request is being considered but it would have to make a presentation to the General Assembly of the CGF on March 9, 2006 in Melbourne and convince the committee about the same.
		The Games feature 15 disciplines, namely aquatics, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, hockey, lawn bowls, net ball, rugby 7s, shooting, squash, table tennis, triathlon, weightlifting, of which athletics, lawn bowls, rugby sevens, swimming and netball are mandatory.
		The Delhi Commonwealth Games organizing committee has asked the Commonwealth Games Federation to lift its 15-discipline cap so that it can include money-spinning disciplines like cricket in the 2010 Games, to be held in New Delhi.
	inhome.rediff.com /sports/2005/sep/16cwealth.htm (649 words)

	2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games - G'DAY
		The initial games consisted of sports and events that were based on traditional athletic skills that placed emphasis on running; upper body strength (athletics); swimming; hand to hand combat (wrestling); boxing, archery and shooting.
		Today the Commonwealth Games are a major celebration of the many great functions performed by the Commonwealth family of nations that continue to promote goodwill, removal of barriers and divisions, and the promotion of peace to all nations, that represent all continents and regions of the globe.
		The Commonwealth Games was first proposed by the Reverend Ashley Cooper in 1891 when he suggested the concept of a "Pan-Britannic-Pan-Anglican Contest festival as a means of increasing goodwill and good understanding of the British Empire".
	www.geocities.com /m2006cg/thegames.html (1530 words)

	BBC SPORT Commonwealth Games Sharron Davies column
		England is sending one of the smallest groups of swimmers to the Commonwealth Games that I've seen for years.
		I also think it is a fantastic boost for England that Mark Foster has returned to the squad for his sixth Games.
		Swimming is the Australian equivalent of football - a national obsession - and the home crowd will be expecting great things at the Commonwealth Games.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/4779880.stm (1088 words)

	2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
		He has competed in the 1990, (also competing in these games was his mother) 1994 (swimming) and 2002 (cycling) Commonwealth Games, as well as the 1992 Olympic Games and 2005 Island Games where he placed 1st in the road race.
		Kaisey Griffith, student, competed at the 2005 Island Games in Shetland Isles, Scotland, and was Overall Champion at the Games.
		He has also competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and 2004 Olympic Games in the sport of Triathlon.
	www.olympics.bm /commonwealth2006games.htm (1738 words)

	City of Monash: Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
		The Sports Program for Elite Athletes with a Disability (EAD) will comprise 12 events across four sports - Swimming, Athletics, Table Tennis and Powerlifting - which will be integrated into the general Games competition schedule.
		The Melbourne 2006 Sports Program comprises a total of 24 disciplines to be contested at the XVIII Commonwealth Games.
		A total of 1,925 people around Australia will be selected to carry the baton through every state, territory and capital city before it reaches the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 15 March, 2006.
	www.monash.vic.gov.au /news/games2006.htm (168 words)

	Commonwealth Games Medallists
		The festival, contested by Great Britain and Ireland, Australasia, Canada and South Africa, comprised five athletics events (100 yards, 220 yards, 880 yards, 1 mile and 120 yards hurdles) plus heavyweight boxing, middleweight wrestling and 100 yards and 1 mile swimming races.
		The first British Empire Games was held in 1930 and retitled British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, British Commonwealth Games in 1970 and Commonwealth Games in 1978.
		This compilation includes a complete list of medallists in all sports since 1930.
	www.gbrathletics.com /commonwealth (134 words)

	Games information - Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games - visitvictoria.com
		The first Commonwealth Games (then called the British Empire Games) were held in 1930, in Ontario, Canada, and featured just six sports: athletics, boxing, lawn bowls, rowing, swimming/diving and wrestling.
		In March 2006, elite athletes from the 71 nations of the Commonwealth will gather in Melbourne for the 18th Commonwealth Games.
		In all, 4,500 athletes are expected to attend the Games, with 1,500 officials working to ensure the Games run smoothly.
	www.visitvictoria.com /displayObject.cfm/ObjectID.9179B66B-1CB0-46E5-AFEE1AC1A694CC8B/vvt.vhtml (428 words)

	::: Commonwealth Games Federation :::
		The city of Hamilton proved a gracious first host of the Commonwealth Games movement and is as important to it as Athens is to the Olympics.
		The Hamilton Games featured six sports: track and field, boxing, lawn bowls, rowing, swimming and diving, and wrestling and ran at a cost of $97,973.00.
		The inaugural Games was utilitarian and very down to earth, proving that more doesn’t necessarily mean better.
	www.thecgf.com /games/intro.asp?yr=1930 (173 words)

	City of Monash: Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
		The Melbourne 2006 Sports Program comprises a total of 24 disciplines to be contested at the XVIII Commonwealth Games.
		The Sports Program for Elite Athletes with a Disability (EAD) will comprise 12 events across four sports- Swimming, Athletics, Table Tennis and Powerlifting - which will be integrated into the general Games competition schedule.
		A total of 1,925 people around Australia will be selected to carry the baton through every state, territory and capital city before it reaches the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 15 March, 2006.
	www.monash.vic.gov.au /news/games2006.htm (168 words)

	2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games - G'DAY.
		These include tickets to hockey play off's, swimming finals and blue ribbon athletics events.
		Melbourne's Yarra River will burst into life during the Opening Ceremony and every day of the Games with a series of wonderful water pageants of 72 species of fish representing each nation of the Commonwealth.
		There are now an additional 168,000 tickets that have been made available to the public since Monday 23 January 2006.
	www.geocities.com /m2006cg (245 words)

	City of Monash: Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
		The Sports Program for Elite Athletes with a Disability (EAD) will comprise 12 events across four sports - Swimming, Athletics, Table Tennis and Powerlifting - which will be integrated into the general Games competition schedule.
		The Melbourne 2006 Sports Program comprises a total of 24 disciplines to be contested at the XVIII Commonwealth Games.
		A total of 1,925 people around Australia will be selected to carry the baton through every state, territory and capital city before it reaches the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 15 March, 2006.
	www.monash.vic.gov.au /news/games2006.htm (168 words)

	Sporting Life - Commonwealth Games
		GENERAL: England have topped their previous best medal haul at a Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
		SWIMMING: Ian Thorpe claimed his sixth gold medal of the Commonwealth Games on the final day.
		GENERAL: Almost 10 million viewers tuned in to watch the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony on TV.
	www.sportinglife.com /commonwealth_games/news/index.cgi (315 words)

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	Australian Swimming
		Australia’s cluster of golden girls in the pool swelled even further on night one of competition at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne tonight when Queensland teenager Stephanie Rice upstaged two experienced team mates to win the women’s 200m individual medley ..
		2006 Telstra Commonwealth Games Swimming Trials, 30 January to 4 February 2006
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	www.swimming.org.au (248 words)

	City of Monash: Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
		The Sports Program for Elite Athletes with a Disability (EAD) will comprise 12 events across four sports - Swimming, Athletics, Table Tennis and Powerlifting - which will be integrated into the general Games competition schedule.
		The Melbourne 2006 Sports Program comprises a total of 24 disciplines to be contested at the XVIII Commonwealth Games.
		A total of 1,925 people around Australia will be selected to carry the baton through every state, territory and capital city before it reaches the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 15 March, 2006.
	www.monash.vic.gov.au /news/games2006.htm (168 words)

	Commonwealth Games Federation amenable to cricket
		Addressing a press conference in Delhi on Friday, Commonwealth Games Federation chairman Michael Fennell said the 2010 organizing committee's request is being considered but it would have to make a presentation to the General Assembly of the CGF on March 9, 2006 in Melbourne and convince the committee about the same.
		The two-day meeting of the executive board of the Commonwealth Games Federation discussed Melbourne's preparations for the 2006 event, Delhi's progress for the 2010 Games and the bid process for the 2014 Games venue.
		The Delhi Commonwealth Games organizing committee has asked the Commonwealth Games Federation to lift its 15-discipline cap so that it can include money-spinning disciplines like cricket in the 2010 Games, to be held in New Delhi.
	inhome.rediff.com /sports/2005/sep/16cwealth.htm (649 words)

	COMONWEALTH GAMES - Melbourne Australia 2006
		At the Commonwealth and Olympic Games, Aquatics is classed as the sport and Diving, Swimming and Synchronised Swimming are all disciplines.
		At the Commonwealth Games Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey all compete in the Games as separate nations.
		Commonwealth nations include some of the largest populations on earth - such as India, with a population of 1.01 billion - and some of the world’s smallest populations such as St Helena, a 308 sq km Island in the Atlantic, with a population of 7000.
	www.comonwealthgames.com (1647 words)

	2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games - G'DAY
		Today the Commonwealth Games are a major celebration of the many great functions performed by the Commonwealth family of nations that continue to promote goodwill, removal of barriers and divisions, and the promotion of peace to all nations, that represent all continents and regions of the globe.
		The Commonwealth Games are thus a mirror of the changes that have taken place within the Commonwealth in it's transition from the old British Empire.
		The initial games consisted of sports and events that were based on traditional athletic skills that placed emphasis on running; upper body strength (athletics); swimming; hand to hand combat (wrestling); boxing, archery and shooting.
	www.geocities.com /m2006cg/thegames.html (1573 words)

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