The 21-year-old from South Australia compared the Games unfavourably with the Paralympics in London 2012, where there will be 81 medal events for men and 67 for women.

In Delhi there will be just three events for men and three for women.

"At this sort of meet, I would like to see a few more events included," said Cowdrey, who won gold medals in the S9 50 and 100 metres freestyle in the last Commonwealth Games in Melbourne four years ago.

"I don't think I can deny that by any means.

"I am very thankful that I am one of the small amount Paralympic athletes who gets the opportunity to come away and swim here at the Commomwealth Games.

"But to include a couple of more events and get a greater presence from Paralympic sport would be a great thing in terms of atmosphere as well."

Cowdrey, born with a congenital amputation to his lower left arm, is coming into the Games riding the crest of a wave.

Having won eight medals at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing, including five gold to add to the three he had won in Athens four years previously, Cowdrey was one of the most successful competitors at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven in August.

There he won six gold medals.

Cowdrey hopes to defend the titles he won in Melbourne.

"Ideally I would love to win the 50," he said.

That would be ideal being the world record holder and this just being the Commonwealth nations.

But the 100 freestyle will be a great challenge for me."