Some amazing moments

Okay, we are still behind many nations in sports. And many of the top players did not come for CWG. But still it is amazing...
We won two medals in gymnastics...
We won medals in field and track events.  Yes, Dani Samuels did not come but to make a clean sweep of the discus throw is amazing.  And the 4 X 400m women relay won the gold. That was wow.
Medals were expected in shooting as well as in wrestling and boxing.  Badminton too given Saina Nehwal plays for us.
But hockey was unexpected...though I wish that we did not have to lose so badly to Australia!
What was also unexpected was the way the stadiums started filling up towards the end. My students and I went for a hockey match- women's hockey NZ versus South Africa (semi-finals) and Wales vs Scotland. The stadium was at least 2/3 full and everyone was cheering...
I do not know what it means in the long run or even if we can sustain this momentum.  We will know soon for the Asian Games begin next month in China.
I did not want the CWG... but now I am not so sure. At least Delhi got some new infrastructure, though I do really wish they had not built the village on Yamuna floodplains. In addition, the ASI got into act and repaired some of the monuments.
I do not know...if our politicians had bit of sense then they would bid for games in other cities or at least spread it around a bit so that other cities too could bit of infrastructure, considering we seem to spend on it only when we have to put up a show.
Anyway, given the way CWG has been a success (successful corruption as well), the political parties are now dreaming of Olympics.

P.S. The hockey match was in the evening and it was 10 pm when it got over.  We were 4 women and in Delhi, we could walk over to the Metro station, catch a metro to New Delhi Railway station, get an auto and get back safely. That was truly amazing.