Views from the Commonwealth

Sports writers based throughout the Commonwealth describe their nation's feelings for the games.

Trinidad: "The games won't be ignored totally, but it won't be the World Cup. With Ato Boldon out of the 100m, the only event likely to be screened live on TV here is the 4x100m relay."

Malaysia: "Interest will be high, particularly since we hosted the 1998 games and won 10 gold medals. The spotlight will be on the badminton singles, which we are favourites to dominate."

South Africa: "The queen of our games will be Hestrie Cloete, the world high jump champion who is defending her Commonwealth title."

Australia: "There was a time when this event meant something to Australians - but then so did the monarchy. Ian Thorpe may win seven gold medals but he will only be using the games as a warm-up for the Pan Pacific Championships."

Falkland Islands: "Folks will be glued to the TV here. We'll root for our entire team of five competitors, but especially the shooter Gareth Goodwin."

Sri Lanka: "Newspapers are sending twice as many journalists as they did to cover the cricket. Athletics is passionately followed in rural areas and the sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghe is a superstar here."

Kenya: "The games are exciting little comment and will not be shown on TV. Most of the top athletes will not be competing."

New Zealand: "With Beatrice Faumuina in the discus and Valerie Adams in the shot, New Zealand hope to finish in the top five medal-winners."

Fiji: "Interest is not very high but, if the sevens rugby team do well, Fiji is happy."

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