Commonwealth Games 2022: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has decided to constitute a committee to oversee the preparation and conduct of the Queen’s Baton Relay for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. The baton relay will be held in Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Odisha from January 12-15. Follow Live updates on InsideSport.IN
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“Secretary General (Rajeev Mehta) and I are pleased to inform that IOA has decided to constitute a three-member committee to oversee the preparation and conduct of the Queen’s Baton Relay programme of 22nd Commonwealth Games Birmingham 2022,” Narinder Batra said in a release.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Queen’s Baton Relay to be held in Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Odisha, check details
The members of the committee are: IOA executive council member Rakesh Gupta, Mukesh Kumar, Netball Federation of India’s executive council member Hari Om Kaushik, IOA director George Matthew and IOA joint director Nazima Khan.
The relay will start with Delhi on January 12, followed by Ahmedabad on January 13, Bengaluru on January 14 and finally arrive in Odisha on January 15.
The presidents and secretaries of state Olympic associations have been named as part of the list of people who will be responsible for the preparation and smooth conduct of relays in their respective states.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Queen’s Baton Relay to be held in Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Odisha, check details
The Queen’s Baton Relay will be in India for four days during its international journey covering 72 countries.
The relay began on October 7 at the Buckingham Palace, where Queen Elizabeth II placed her message to the Commonwealth into the Baton.
It will travel for 269 days, spending between two and four days in each nation or territory, covering approximately 140,000 kilometres, having over 7,500 Baton-bearers.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Queen’s Baton Relay to be held in Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Odisha, check details
Over the course of the relay, the Baton will spend Christmas Eve in Seychelles, will bring in the New Year in the Maldives and plans to be in Jamaica over the Easter weekend.
Flying out from Birmingham Airport, the first stop on the Queen’s Baton Relay was Cyprus on October 9, shortly followed by Malta.
The Birmingham Commonwealth Games will see 4,500 athletes from 72 nations and territories taking part in 11 days of competition from July 28 to August 8, 2022.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Queen’s Baton Relay to be held in Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Odisha, check details
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