"No Athlete Is Bigger Than The Games"

Absence of star athletes like Usain Bolt and Stephani Rice would not take the sheen away from the Delhi CWG, feels Australia's shooter Russell Mark.
The Australian, is praising India's Ronjon Singh Sodhi, who has been training under him for a while now.He had earlier trained Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore before the Athens Olympics in which the Indian won a silver.
"He (Sodhi) is one of the most improved shooters if you look at the last four years. He still has his best years ahead of him and will be a tough person to beat in this year's Commonwealth Games and the London Olympics (2012)," said Mark.

Mark has a gold in double trap from Atlanta Olympics,a silver from the Sydney Olympics and again a gold medal from Melbourne Commonwealth Games to his credit.He does not mind coming to India for the Games and has also rubbished concerns about security measures during the extravaganza.

The security for the Commonwealth Games test event in March was very strict and that did cause us some concern. We have not been told officially of any security problems from our team management, so I'm assuming the Indian authorities have taken care of things," he said.

The Australian also felt that controversies surrounding the Games will have no bearing on the athletes' performances."I don't think athletes get involved in any political controversies. If they do they will not win," Mark said.

This is the true sportsman spirit that every player must have.If security reasons are pulling them away from participating in CWG then they must think twice.Players and their respective country sports board should trust the host country's preparations.The players should try to make this event successful rather than being absent.