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Commonwealth Games Facts
5 Facts that I already know about the Commonwealth Games:
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Commonwealth games is like olympics
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Theres 71 countries in it
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Commonwealth game started in 1930 and goes on every four years
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A lot of sports included
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Soccer/Football, Gymnastics, Netball are included in the commonwealth games
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10 new facts that I found out about the Commonwealth Games: (include a link to the site where you found your information. Your information needs to be in your own words)
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Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales have attended every game
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The first Commonwealth Games was held in Hamilton, Canada in 1930.
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Scotland hosted the games in 1970 and 1986
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50% of people in the Commonwealth are under 25 years old
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Four hundred athletes from eleven countries competed over 6 sports and 59 events in 1930.
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Willie Wood, a lawn bowler from Scotland, was the first competitor to compete in seven Commonwealth Games, from 1974 to 2002
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Greg Yelavich, a sports shooter from New Zealand, won twelve medals in seven games from 1986 to 2010
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Four nations have won just one Commonwealth medal. Gambia and the Norfolk Islands is at the bottom with a single bronze
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Thirty one of the commonwealth members have a population size of 1.5 million people or less
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At the 2014 games there will be 6,500 athletes 71 nations competing in 17 sports over 11 days
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