Vijender, Abhinav and Sushil Kumar to attend Commonwealth baton launch

The trio who won top medals at the Olympic will be the part of Commonwealth Baton Relay launch for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi. Head of the Commonwealth Queen Elizabeth will present the baton to Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Thursday. This tradition is regarded as indicative launch of the Commonwealth Games. In this highly reputed launch, Olympic bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh, 2008 Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra and Olympic bronze medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar will join the President.

Apart from these three, 1958 Commonwealth Games gold medallist athlete Milkha Singh, tennis player Sania Mirza and footballer Bhaichung Bhutia will also be part of the event. The 2010 Commonwealth Games will be India's first major international sports event after the 1982 Asian Games. New Delhi hosted the inaugural Asian Games in 1951 and again in 1982. Delhi had bagged the contract after beating the Canadian city Hamilton in the bid for rights to host the games.