At the 2006 closing ceremonies were formally closed in the presence of Royal Highness Prince Edward , after a typically Melbourne Closing Ceremony, The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) flag was then lowered by a party representing Australia’s three emergency services, and handed to Suresh Kalmadi, Chairman of the Organising Committee for the 2010 Delhi Games, before 800 Indian performers marked the hand over of the Games with a Bollywood spectacular.
Among the performers were 12 Bollywood superstars, including actress and former Miss Universe Aishwarya Rai, who played the lead in the recent film 'Bride and Prejudice'.
Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President, Mike Fennell, also named Indian Shooting athlete Samaresh Jung as the winner of the inaugural David Dixon Award.
Jung won an incredible seven medals at the Games, five gold, one silver and one bronze and set three new Games records along the way.
FINAL MEDAL TALLY OF 2006 MELBOURNE COMMONWEALTH GAMES
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