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Big names withdrawing from Commonwealth Games a blow: Gill

Some top-class athletes like triple Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt and quadruple Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy will not be seen in the Commonwealth Games.

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Updated : Sep 28, 2017, 09:38 PM IST

Union sports minister Manohar Singh Gill expressed regret over a series of pullouts from this year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi today, a day after British cyclist Chris Hoy announced his withdrawal.

"The world knows that India has spent lavishly for organising the Commonwealth Games," Gill told Reuters. "The stadiums we have built match the best in the world and are far in excess of the requirement. It is therefore sad that some of the leading sportspersons are not coming to India."

Quadruple Olympic gold medallist Hoy pulled out of the Games as they clash with the European Championships, which carry qualification points for the 2012 London Olympics.

This was a further setback to the Games after the announcement in June that triple Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt would skip the event as well.

"We all wanted to see Bolt run in Delhi, and Hoy, being a multiple Olympic and Commonwealth champion, was also a top draw," Gill said. Fellow Jamaican and Olympic 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser, who tested positive in a doping test in May, will also not attend.

"It appears that performance in events like the Asian Games and European Championships are taken into account. Naturally, sportspersons don't attach the same importance to the Commonwealth Games," Gill said. "This is a matter which I think we will discuss in the Commonwealth sports ministers’ meeting in Delhi on October 4."

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