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Commonwealth games was first introduced in the year 1930, when it was known as British Empire Games. Firs venue of this popular sport event was at Hamilton in Ontario, Canada. It was renamed as Commonwealth Games in the year 1954. Along with some popular Olympic sports, there are also a few sports like rugby sevens, lawn bowls and netball, which are practiced in the Commonwealth countries. It takes place after every 4 years, and the next scheduled Commonwealth Games is in the year 2010 which will be held in New Delhi, India.
About Jamaica:
Jamaica is an island nation in Caribbean Sea. Horse racing, football or soccer and cricket are the prominent sport events of this country.

Apart from competing regionally, national cricket team of Jamaica also supplies players to West Indies cricket team. The largest city of Jamaica is Kingston, which also acts as he capital city of this nation. Though English is the official language, Jamaican Patois is also practiced over here as it is the recognized regional language of Jamaica. Currency of this beautiful is,and nation is Jamaican Dollar. It is also one of the popular tourist destinations, that is visited by a number of people all over the world.

Participation of Jamaica in Commonwealth Games:
Jamaica has started participating in Commonwealth Games from the year 1934 and it was continuous in its participation from 1954 to 1982. after a short break, it has again started parti8cipating from the year 1990. in 2006 Commonwealth Games, Jamaica participated in a number of events like Jump, Hardles, Relay, Athletics, Decathlon and shot Put and it managed to win 10 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 8 bronze medals, thus winning a total of 22 medals, in the previous year. Result reveals that both men and women are equally capable of winning the variety of events of this multi sport event. Jamaica has already started to show their bes in the forthcoming Commonwealth games of 2010, which is scheduled to be at New Delhi in India.
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