Commonwealth Games come to a close
Disabled children perform during the pre-closing show of the XIX Commonwealth Games closing ceremony at The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on October 14, 2010. Photograph by: Prakash Singh, AFP/Getty Images DELHI – The 2010 Commonwealth Games, surprisingly successful against all odds, ended Thursday with a stunning and sentimental closing that had as much security as pomp after British media reports indicated terrorists may have targeted the ceremony and the Metro transit lines to Nehru Stadium. “They picked a wrestler and weightlifter as extra security,” quipped gold-medallist grappler Ohenawa Akuffo, chosen along with gold-medallist lifter Christine Girard, as honorary…
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Commonwealth Games come to a close
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