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2006 Commonwealth Games
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2006 Commonwealth Games in Athletics
2006 Commonwealth Games medal count
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were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006

the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held

The site for the opening and closing ceremonies was the Melbourne Cricket Ground which was also used during Melbourne's 1956 Olympic Games

The mascot for the games was Karak, a Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (a threatened species)

For the first time ever, the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games appointed a Goodwill Partner, Plan International Australia

BBC coverage of Commonwealth Games

Melbourne marathon 1956-2006

2006 Commonwealth Games

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Canada at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

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Countries and places competing at the games

A panoramic view of the interior of Telstra Dome venue for Rugby 7s

Melbourne 2006 XVIII Commonwealth Game - Fish Boats on Yarra River

included 16 sports, with 12 individual sports and 4 team sports

Rugby at the 2006 games

Melbourne Cricket Ground - venue for the Opening & Closing Ceremonies and for Athletics

There were 71 countries, territories and bodies competing at the 2006 Commonwealth Games [http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/GamesInfo/UpcomingGames/2006/CompetingCountries.htm]

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Both the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Yarra River were centrepieces for the ceremony, which included many fireworks, and other spectacle

The following venues were used at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Early concerns arose about the large cost of staging the Games, with projected costs likely to be over 1 billion Australian dollars and a high likelihood the Victorian taxpayer would have to cover the expense

On 20 March 2006 it was reported that two athletes had gone missing from the Commonwealth Games village: Tanzanian boxer Omari Idd Kimweri and Bangladeshi runner Mohammad Tawhidul Islam