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Over 1300 athletes, officials to arrive today for CWG

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 21 2013 | 5:24 AM IST

International Athletes and officials will continue to check in at the Commonwealth Games Village here with over 1300 more expected to arrive today for the October 3-14 event.

The largest contingents to arrive today will be from Malaysia and Ghana with participants from sporting disciplines like cycling, aquatics, para-sports, shooting, boxing and athletics.

The Cyprus team consists of participants from boxing, table tennis, weightlifting, archery, swimming and wrestling, the Organising Committee said in a statement.

Among the other major teams arriving today are those of Canada, Scotland, Barbados, Lesotho, Jamaica and Australia.

Apart from these, officials and athletes from Mauritius, England, New Zealand, Sierra Leone, Bahamas, Jamaica, South Africa, Wales, Northern Ireland, Lesotho, Falkland Islands, Guernsey, Zambia, and Cayman Islands are also arriving today.

The squash and athletics teams from Australia and the badminton, netball teams from Jamaica will also join their counterparts from other countries at the Village.

The Chefs-de-Mission of Bangladesh, Montserrat and Dominica will arrive along with an international media contingent.

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First Published: Oct 01 2010 | 11:40 AM IST

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