The CGF insists the event is thriving as athletes prepare to compete in Birmingham, and also said it was working with Tom Daley following his condemnation of homophobia across the Commonwealth
due to financial constraints, but Sadleir identified one of the biggest challenges as appealing to younger audiences. Her organisation has tried to tackle that by initiating the first Commonwealth esports championships.
On Thursday afternoon, activist groups planned to protest the laws that criminalise the LGBTQ+ community in the majority of Commonwealth countries, after Tom Daleyearlier in the week. According to Dame Louise Martin, the president of the CGF, they are working with Daley. “We see everybody as equal. We don’t see gender, don’t see race, don’t see colour. We see everybody all in one and that’s our ethos and what we’re following. That’s why Katie and [the] team are working with Tom and we’ll see part of that in tonight’s ceremony,” said Dame Martin.are a point of discussion, but Martin did not want to address that topic. “All I will say is we are one family,” she said. “Our 72 nations and territories, we all speak the same language.
The return of Adam Peaty, pictured training in Birmingham on 28 July, will be one of the highlights of this year’s Commonwealth Games.One of the biggest spectacles of the Games will be the return of the swimmer Adam Peaty, who suffered a foot injury that forced him to withdraw from the World Aquatic Championships in June. With the 100m breaststroke heats beginning on Saturday, he will chase a third consecutive Commonwealth title.
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