London:
A contingent of English athletes has arrived in New Delhi to prepare for the upcoming Commonwealth Games and will put up at hotels instead of the Games' Village as it would be "several days" before their living quarters are ready.
The athletes from the English hockey and lawn bowling teams are the first foreign participants in the beleaguered games to come to India.
Many teams delayed their arrivals because of poor conditions in the athletes' village. England chef de mission Craig Hunter also said it would be some days before they move in to the Games Village.
Jason Lee, head coach of the hockey squad, said the travelling athletes are calm despite the furore over whether Delhi would be ready in time for the October 3 to 14 event given the troubled build-up.
"The feeling in the group varies from mostly very calm and collected to a couple who have some outstanding concerns but nothing that is going to stop them from getting on the plane," he said.
The athletes from the English hockey and lawn bowling teams are the first foreign participants in the beleaguered games to come to India.
Many teams delayed their arrivals because of poor conditions in the athletes' village. England chef de mission Craig Hunter also said it would be some days before they move in to the Games Village.
Jason Lee, head coach of the hockey squad, said the travelling athletes are calm despite the furore over whether Delhi would be ready in time for the October 3 to 14 event given the troubled build-up.
"The feeling in the group varies from mostly very calm and collected to a couple who have some outstanding concerns but nothing that is going to stop them from getting on the plane," he said.
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