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Updated On: 03 October, 2010 07:37 AM IST | | Ashwin Ferro
Having finished fourth in the last two editions, this is India's golden opportunity to finish in the Top 3
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Having finished fourth in the last two editions, this is India's golden opportunity to finish in the Top 3
With all the controversies and scams taking a backseat, finally the focus at the Commonwealth Games 2010 is set to shift on to the men and women who matteru00a0-- the athletes.
And the question doing the rounds is not whether India will be able to better their medals tally here in comparison to Manchester (2002) and Melbourne (2006)u00a0-- it's almost a given that they willu00a0-- but rather if they will be able to better their fourth place showing at both the 2002 and 2006 editions of the CWG.
u00a0In both Manchester and Melbourne, India finished fourth in the medals tally, behind Australia, England and Canada. In Manchester, India won 69 medals while Australia won 207, England 166 and Canada 118.
With all the controversies and scams taking a backseat, finally the focus at the Commonwealth Games 2010 is set to shift on to the men and women who matteru00a0-- the athletes.
And the question doing the rounds is not whether India will be able to better their medals tally here in comparison to Manchester (2002) and Melbourne (2006)u00a0-- it's almost a given that they willu00a0-- but rather if they will be able to better their fourth place showing at both the 2002 and 2006 editions of the CWG.
u00a0In both Manchester and Melbourne, India finished fourth in the medals tally, behind Australia, England and Canada. In Manchester, India won 69 medals while Australia won 207, England 166 and Canada 118.
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