New Delhi, September 02: Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi today promised that the CWG here will be as successful as the Melbourne edition despite the spate of corruption allegations that rocked its build-up.
“We are trying to emulate what Melbourne had done in 2006 because I feel Melbourne Commonwealth Games and (2000) Sydney Olympics are the best multi-sports event I have ever seen,” Kalmadi said while addressing foreign journalists at the Foreign Correspondents Club of South Asia here.
“We are following the Melbourne model. I won’t say we will exceed Melbourne but we will try to match Melbourne,” he said.
Citing the example of this year’s FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Kalmadi said criticism was part and parcel of every mega sporting event but at the end of the day what matters is successful conduct of the Games.
–Agencies