Australian athletes have welcomed news that Glasgow will host the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The Scottish city has stepped in to save the games after the Victorian Government decided last year not to host the games due to cost blow outs. Commonwealth games Australia CEO Craig Phillips says the focus is on the future for the organisation and the athletes in preparing for the upcoming games.
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00:00We know how important the Commonwealth Games are to many of our athletes so to have that
00:05announcement and the support we're getting through the Scottish Government, the UK Government
00:10and Glasgow City in concert with the CGF was really important so we were absolutely delighted.
00:16There were five pinnacle events as part of the high performance strategy taking us through
00:20to 32 and we've now got a Commonwealth Games back as part of those five pinnacle events
00:25so our focus is on the future, our focus is on the athletes.
00:28We haven't got time really to look back, we've got less than two years to get the team on
00:32the park so we're focused on that right now.
00:35I think the resilience of the brand has been demonstrated by what's been happening over
00:39the last few weeks and the fact that our friends in Scotland have put their hand up to host
00:43the Games that should have been coming here to Australia so the fact that there's such
00:48a strong commitment around the Commonwealth to make sure these Games happen is a real
00:52testament to the strength of the brand.