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2010 Commonwealth Games

The 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India were branded as the first "Green Commonwealth Games" due to organizers signing an agreement with the UN Environment Programme to make sustainability and environmental considerations central to venue construction and renovation. The official mascot was Shera, an anthropomorphized tiger whose name comes from the Hindi word for tiger. A Queen's Baton Relay began at Buckingham Palace in October 2009 and will travel throughout the Commonwealth nations and India before arriving at the opening ceremony in October 2010.

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2010 Commonwealth Games

The 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India were branded as the first "Green Commonwealth Games" due to organizers signing an agreement with the UN Environment Programme to make sustainability and environmental considerations central to venue construction and renovation. The official mascot was Shera, an anthropomorphized tiger whose name comes from the Hindi word for tiger. A Queen's Baton Relay began at Buckingham Palace in October 2009 and will travel throughout the Commonwealth nations and India before arriving at the opening ceremony in October 2010.

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2010 Commonwealth Games

Transport

Green Games

Logo for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games being recognised as the first ever "Green
Commonwealth Games"

The organisers signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations
Environment Programme to show the intention to host a "sustainable games" and to take
the environment into consideration when constructing and renovating venues. Thyagaraj
Stadium is intended to be a key example of environmentally-considered construction.

Symbols

Mascot

Shera, the mascot for the 2010 Commonwealth Games


Main article: Shera (mascot)
The official mascot for the 2010 Commonwealth Games is Shera, an anthropomorphised
tiger.[30] His name came from "Sher", a Hindi word meaning lion ("Bagh" means tiger.
However, Sher is colloquially used for both lion and tiger). The logo and the look for the
games were designed by Idiom Design and Consulting.[31]

Queen's Baton relay

The Queen's Baton Relay began when the baton, which contains Queen Elizabeth II's
message to the athletes, left Buckingham Palace on 29 October 2009. The baton will
arrive at the 2010 Games opening ceremony on 3 October 2010, after visiting the other
54 nations of the Commonwealth and travelling throughout India, reaching millions of
people to join in the celebrations for the Games.The baton arrived in India on the 25th
June 2010 through the Wagah Border crossing from Pakistan.[33]

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