Event Profile
The Commonwealth Youth Games is a multi-sports event and a trial event to the Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi in 2010. The Youth Games would be held in Asia for the first time. About 1,300 athletes and 350 team officials from 71 countries will be participating in these games. Representatives from the national & international federations and representatives from electronic and print media will also participate in the event. The Commonwealth Youth Games will include the following nine disciplines: badminton, athletics, shooting, boxing, swimming, tennis, table tennis, wrestling and weightlifting. The unique feature of this event is that all the disciplines will be held under a single roof for the first time in the history of Youth Games. The mascot of the event is Jigrr, the younger brother of 'Shera'.
