Thomas wants Australia to host another Commonwealth Games in near future

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That’s the message from Petria Thomas, Australia’s Chef de Mission for Birmingham 2022, who revealed talks were underway to realize Government support for a bid to host the Commonwealth Games Australia is looking to stage the 2030 edition and will step in to organise the 2026 Games should Canada’s proposed bid fall flat .

Interest from the Australian state of Victoria has also been welcomed by the Commonwealth Games Federation because it aims to secure a number to select up the baton from Birmingham 2022 Thomas, who won nine swimming gold medals at the Commonwealth Games during her glittering career, said the CGA was “working hard behind the scenes” to show ambitions of staging another Games into reality.

“People at Commonwealth Games Australia are very keen to host another Games for several different reasons and chatting with various Governments around Australia to ascertain if there’s interest there for that to occur,” said Thomas.

“There are certain processes that require to be skilled with the CGF also so i feel all folks who love sport would like to see the Commonwealth Games back in Australia at some stage within the not too distant future Australia has staged the Games on five previous occasions, with Sydney playing host in 1938, Perth in 1962, Brisbane in 1982, Melbourne in 2006 and Gold Coast in 2018.

Victoria had hoped to place a bid together to exchange Durban as host of the 2022 Games after the South African city were stripped of the event following its failure to satisfy a series of monetary deadlines But the Provincial and government refused to back the proposal with the Games eventually being awarded to Birmingham in England.

Adelaide also did not gain government backing to bid for the 2026 edition while a “Greater Victoria” proposal to host the event in 2030 has been placed on hold thanks to the coronavirus crisis.

Hamilton in Canada is additionally lacking support from its Provincial and Federation Government to play host in five years’ time, raising question marks over the longer term of the Games I hope the event goes on for several years to return and that i know Commonwealth Games Australia is extremely keen to host another Commonwealth Games at some stage within the future,” said Thomas.

We do such an excellent job at hosting Games in Australia and it provides such great legacy for the host communities with infrastructure, interest in sport and other people getting up, getting active and participating “I think there’s many benefits to hosting a Games and that i would like to see the Games back in Australia at some stage Thomas is additionally excited by the prospect of another Olympic and Paralympic Games coming to Australia with Brisbane installed because the International Olympic Committee’s preferred candidate for the 2032 edition There is not any doubt that when a rustic hosts a Games, it helps to lift the performance of the house country,” said the Olympic champion I don’t think there would be anyone who would argue that With the prospect of Brisbane hosting the 2032 Games and therefore the very strong will to host another Commonwealth Games also i feel there’s a very exciting future (for Australia).”