The 2023 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will feature more medal events than ever before, with swimming, track cycling, and Para sports all expanding. Athletics will also see the introduction of two new events: the mixed 4x400m relay and the Commonwealth Mile, replacing the 1500m. Para sports will be fully integrated into six disciplines, with a record 47 medal events.
Swimming, track cycling and Para sports will each boast more medallists than in any of the previous 22 iterations of the Games.
Para sports will be fully integrated across six of the 10 disciplines, with a Games record of 47 medal events in total.The 10-sport Games programme will based at four venues within an eight-mile corridor of the city and be held across 10 days from 23 July to 2 August. A total of 26 cycling golds will be fought for at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, with eight of those in Para-track cycling. That is double the amount on offer three years ago.
Omitting the 1500m - in which Scotland's Josh Kerr and Laura Muir are Olympic medallists - is a surprise move.Organisers say the Commonwealth Mile - the equivalent of 1609m - is a tribute to 'The Miracle Mile' run at the 1954 staging in Vancouver.
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