Commonwealth Games: Adaptability the key as track and field events begin on Monday
: For the past few weeks, Glasgow’s weather has tested the patience of the visitors, if not the residents, with intermittent rain and gusty winds forcing everyone to reach out for their hoods and umbrellas. But for the competitors arriving at the Scotstoun Stadium for the six-day athletics event at the Commonwealth Games, beginning on Monday, the conditions will present a far greater challenge.They will have to adapt quickly as India’s javelin ace Neeraj Chopra pointed out during his interaction with the media. But the competition will be far from straightforward.
- ▪: For the past few weeks, Glasgow’s weather has tested the patience of the visitors, if not the residents, with intermittent rain and gusty winds forcing everyone to reach out for their hoods and umbrellas.
- ▪But for the competitors arriving at the Scotstoun Stadium for the six-day athletics event at the Commonwealth Games, beginning on Monday, the conditions will present a far greater challenge.They will have to adapt quickly as India’s javelin
- ▪But the competition will be far from straightforward.
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: For the past few weeks, Glasgow’s weather has tested the patience of the visitors, if not the residents, with intermittent rain and gusty winds forcing everyone to reach out for their hoods and umbrellas. But for the competitors arriving at the Scotstoun Stadium for the six-day athletics event at the Commonwealth Games, beginning on Monday, the conditions will present a far greater challenge.They will have to adapt quickly as India’s javelin ace Neeraj Chopra pointed out during his interaction with the media.
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