Commonwealth Games 2026

2022 - 8 - 9

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Countdown begins to 2026 Commonwealth Games in regional Victoria (ABC News)

Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and Gippsland will host events at the Games in 2026. Indigenous elders from regional Victoria performed a smoking ceremony and handed ...

"I'm super-excited at the fact that two of the sports that are coming to Latrobe City are gold medal sports — so we've just seen the women's cricket win the gold medal at Birmingham as well as the rugby sevens women win the gold medal." "Your kids will grow up knowing that they were in the same city where the Games were hosted and broadcast around the world, and that's a pretty amazing inspiration to have." "It lends itself so much to a celebration, and reconciliation, and all those sorts of things that I suspect the Games will be wanting to focus on."

Rowing row: New sport for 2026 Commonwealth Games hits choppy ... (The Age)

World Rowing has submitted a bid for coastal rowing and beach sprints to be included in the program for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in regional Victoria, ...

Many of the nations in the Commonwealth have limited or no access to classic rowing facilities and equipment but do have stretches of coastline or lakes with coastal conditions.” Surfboat rowing is what many rowers come from or end up doing.” At the last Beach Sprints Coastal World Championships, there were only two entries from Commonwealth nations. They are destroying lightweight rowing, the core of the sport’s universality, and going down other pathways that include fiddling with race distances and looking to promote other sports such as coastal rowing.” Geelong is the preferred venue for coastal rowing. However, World Rowing is now using the 2026 Games in regional Victoria to convince the International Olympic Committee to include beach sprints coastal rowing at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 2028, having failed to have it added to the Paris 2024 program.

Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games a chance to show the world ... (National Indigenous Times)

Aboriginal delegates have taken hold of the Commonwealth Games baton for Victoria ahead of the 2026 Games in a symbolic gesture to culturally recompense ...

“We hope it motivates systematic change to aid the journey of reconciliation and to bridge the inequity gaps.” “This is the very first time that a host nation is handing over the (Games) flag to First Nations’ people in preparation for the next Commonwealth Games. “This says so much in terms of recognising and acknowledging First Nations’ people – our culture, our heritage, and our stories.

Preferred candidate Bendigo proposes integrated shooting event for ... (Insidethegames.biz)

Greater Bendigo has been selected as the preferred host if shooting is confirmed to return at the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games.

"We are aware of Shooting Australia’s Shoot for the Games 2026 campaign and would welcome the opportunity to host the sport. "Greater Bendigo is excited to be a host city for the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games," Cooney said. Greater Bendigo has been selected as the preferred host if shooting is confirmed to return at the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Push for Geelong closing ceremony in 2026 (Bay 93.9)

Geelong's mayor has floated the tantalising suggestion that the 2026 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony could be staged in Geelong.

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City of Greater Bendigo to plan up to 100 major events each year ... (Bendigo Advertiser)

Bendigo's calendar to be stacked with events in lead up to the Regional Victoria Commonwealth Games.

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