{"id":15524,"date":"2014-07-23T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/curtain-to-rise-on-20th-commonwealth-games\/"},"modified":"2014-07-23T10:59:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T10:59:19","slug":"curtain-to-rise-on-20th-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/curtain-to-rise-on-20th-commonwealth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtain to rise on 20th Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-6514 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ndfs.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{Sir Chris Hoy says Glasgow will deliver &#8220;the biggest and best Commonwealth Games we&#8217;ve ever seen&#8221;, ahead of Wednesday&#8217;s opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>About 4,500 athletes from 71 nations will take part in the 20th edition of the Games, which run until 3 August.}}<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be spectacular,&#8221; said Scotland&#8217;s six-time Olympic and double Commonwealth champion.<\/p>\n<p>Swimmer Michael Jamieson, a big Scots medal hope, added: &#8220;You can already see there&#8217;s a buzz around the city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old silver medallist from the 2012 Olympics, who is chasing 200m breaststroke gold on the opening day of action on Thursday, said: &#8220;It&#8217;s known as the friendly Games for a reason. It just has such a great feel about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The reputation of the Commonwealth Games was damaged by the 2010 Games in Delhi, which were plagued by poor ticket sales and problems with venues and accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers were forced to give away thousands of free tickets after seats remained unsold, but that still could not prevent images of half-empty venues being beamed around the world, but Hoy is confident there will be no repeat in Glasgow.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-6515 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/vfgt.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{Sir Chris Hoy says Glasgow will deliver &#8220;the biggest and best Commonwealth Games we&#8217;ve ever seen&#8221;, ahead of Wednesday&#8217;s opening ceremony. About 4,500 athletes from 71 nations will take part in the 20th edition of the Games, which run until 3 August.}} &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be spectacular,&#8221; said Scotland&#8217;s six-time Olympic and double Commonwealth champion. 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