{"id":558,"date":"2017-08-15T14:44:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T18:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"<h3>COMMONWEALTH GAMES in 2014<\/h3>\r\nThe Commonwealth Games (known as the British Empire Games) were first held in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada with 400 athletes from eleven (11) participating countries for six sports and 59 events.\r\n\r\nThe games are held ever"},"modified":"2017-08-15T14:44:45","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T18:44:45","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/olympic.org.bb\/commonwealth-games\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<h3>COMMONWEALTH GAMES in 2014<\/h3>\n<p>The Commonwealth Games (known as the British Empire Games) were first held in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada with 400 athletes from eleven (11) participating countries for six sports and 59 events.<\/p>\n<p>The games are held every four (4) years. \u00a0In 1930 to 1950 the Games were known as the British Empire Games and from 1954 until 1966 were rebranded to the British Empire &amp; Commonwealth Games. \u00a0Today, they are known as simply the Commonwealth Games or the \u201cFriendly Games\u201d. Glasgow (Scotland) was awarded the right to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. \u00a0Since inception, the amount of participating countries has increased from 11 to 71 countries.<\/p>\n<p><b>Barbados participated in thirteen (13) sports during 2014 Glasgow:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Athletics<\/li>\n<li>Badminton (4)<\/li>\n<li>Cycling Road (3)<\/li>\n<li>Cycling Track (4)<\/li>\n<li>Judo (3)<\/li>\n<li>Netball (12)<\/li>\n<li>Rugby Sevens (12)<\/li>\n<li>Shooting (4)<\/li>\n<li>Swimming (3)<\/li>\n<li>Table Tennis (6)<\/li>\n<li>Triathlon (2)<\/li>\n<li>Weight Lifting (2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Medals<\/h3>\n<p>1 Bronze Medal<\/p>\n<h3>Commonwealth Games (per sport)<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/g2014results.thecgf.com\/nations.html\">http:\/\/g2014results.thecgf.com\/nations.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Athletes by Sport<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/g2014results.thecgf.com\/athlete\/cycling_road\/1032311\/ryan_brathwaite.html\">http:\/\/g2014results.thecgf.com\/athlete\/cycling_road\/1032311\/ryan_brathwaite.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Medals received by country. \u00a0Barbados listing as #20 by Sport<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/commonwealth-games\/2014\/medals\/sports\/athletics#athletics\">http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/commonwealth-games\/2014\/medals\/sports\/athletics#athletics<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>2018<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecgf.com\/games\/future\/goldcoast2018.asp\">https:\/\/www.thecgf.com\/games\/future\/goldcoast2018.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Upcoming Commonwealth Games In 2018<\/h3>\n<p>In 2018 the Commonwealth Games will be held in Queensland Gold Coast City, Australia. 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