Commonwealth Winter Games

Commonwealth Winter Games

The Commonwealth Winter Games is a multi-sport event comprising winter sports which is designed as a counterbalance of the Commonwealth Games, which focuses on summer sports. This is analogous to the Winter Olympics augmenting the Summer Olympic Games.

The first, and so far only, time the event was held was the 1962 Commonwealth Winter Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland. This event complemented the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia.[1]

A Winter Games was proposed for 2010 in India, complementing the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. The proposed venue was Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir,[2] where the Indian National Winter Games had previously been held.[3] However, the idea did not come to fruition and the event was not held.

See also

References

  1. ^ Biography of Christine Smith at sports-reference.com
  2. ^ "Artificial snow to extend winter games season in Gulmarg". Hindustan Times. 25 February 2007. 
  3. ^ "2010 Commonwealth winter sports to be held in Kashmir: Azad". Press Trust of India. 6 January 2006. 

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