By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The Queen’s Baton for the 2022 Commonwealth Games reached Bhubaneswar today and was received and welcomed by Chairman, Odisha Hockey Promotion Council, Dilip Tirkey and officials of Sports and Youth Services Department, Govt of Odisha and Odisha Olympic Association at the Biju Patnaik Airport. Eminent Sportspersons of Odisha, Anuradha Biswal and Shradhanjali Samantray were also present to welcome the Queen’s Baton.
On Saturday, the Queen’s Baton accompanied by officials, will tour to Puri and Konark where it will be received by dignitaries and district administration before returning to Bhubaneswar for the symbolic Relay at the Kalinga Stadium, where eminent Sportspersons of the State will participate.
The Relay began on October 7, 2021 at Buckingham Palace, where Queen Elizabeth II placed her message to the Commonwealth into the Baton, signifying the start of the 294-day Relay to the 72 nations and territories of the Commonwealth.
The Baton will arrive back in England in July 2022. The games are expected to take place from July 28 to August 8, 2022.
