New Delhi:
Commonwealth Games organising committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Thursday claimed that the standard of training facilities available at the Delhi Games Village is best in the world.
"The standard of training facilities that are available here are not available anywhere else in the world. This is one of the best Games Villages that anyone has seen," Kalmadi said on the occasion of the soft launch of the Commonwealth Games Village on Thursday.
"All the facilities in the Village are top class and I am sure the athletes are going to love it.
"The training areas comprising of the swimming pool, athletic track, gymnasium, weightlifting and wrestling areas are simply wonderful. In a Games Village, generally, all these facilities are not available at such a large scale," he added.
Putting to rest all rumours about the readiness of the Games Village, Kalmadi, himself led the media contingent to the various parts of the Games Village.
"The whole village is ready. The international, the training centres and the accommodations are all in place. The Games Village will open from September 23 and we will have a lot of athletes coming in on September 23, 24 and 25 and they will continue to come till October 2," said Kalmadi.
He also stressed that it is not only their stay at the Games Village that the athletes are going to enjoy but also the event as a whole.
"Every evening we are going to have entertainment programmes for the athletes.
"Also for the first time, the athletes would be watching the opening ceremony of the CWG. Usually, after the march past they go outside. But here they would come back and sit inside the stadium and watch the cultural programmes, which is going to show 500 years of Indian culture.
"By the time they will go back they will be like a family. They will come as a friend and go back as family. They will enjoy themselves," said Kalmadi.
Addressing the security concerns during the sporting extravaganza that is going to take place from October 3-14, the OC Chairman said, "We just had a security meeting and all issues of security have been sorted out. The Delhi Police have done a great job.
"In fact, some of the top officials of Delhi Police have previous experiences of how to run the security during the Games as they have been to Olympics and Commonwealth Games in other countries. The security in the Games Village is of top priority and I am very happy with the arrangement."
"The standard of training facilities that are available here are not available anywhere else in the world. This is one of the best Games Villages that anyone has seen," Kalmadi said on the occasion of the soft launch of the Commonwealth Games Village on Thursday.
"All the facilities in the Village are top class and I am sure the athletes are going to love it.
"The training areas comprising of the swimming pool, athletic track, gymnasium, weightlifting and wrestling areas are simply wonderful. In a Games Village, generally, all these facilities are not available at such a large scale," he added.
Putting to rest all rumours about the readiness of the Games Village, Kalmadi, himself led the media contingent to the various parts of the Games Village.
"The whole village is ready. The international, the training centres and the accommodations are all in place. The Games Village will open from September 23 and we will have a lot of athletes coming in on September 23, 24 and 25 and they will continue to come till October 2," said Kalmadi.
He also stressed that it is not only their stay at the Games Village that the athletes are going to enjoy but also the event as a whole.
"Every evening we are going to have entertainment programmes for the athletes.
"Also for the first time, the athletes would be watching the opening ceremony of the CWG. Usually, after the march past they go outside. But here they would come back and sit inside the stadium and watch the cultural programmes, which is going to show 500 years of Indian culture.
"By the time they will go back they will be like a family. They will come as a friend and go back as family. They will enjoy themselves," said Kalmadi.
Addressing the security concerns during the sporting extravaganza that is going to take place from October 3-14, the OC Chairman said, "We just had a security meeting and all issues of security have been sorted out. The Delhi Police have done a great job.
"In fact, some of the top officials of Delhi Police have previous experiences of how to run the security during the Games as they have been to Olympics and Commonwealth Games in other countries. The security in the Games Village is of top priority and I am very happy with the arrangement."
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