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Northern Ireland

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Northern Ireland - November 2021Alison Moffitt-Robinson will be the first female Chef de Mission in Northern Ireland's Commonwealth Games history, but wants to make sure other women follow in her footsteps.

by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), such as limiting compulsory sports in the future to just athletics


Malta

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Malta - November 2021For Charlene Attard, Malta's Chef de Mission for Birmingham 2022, next year's Commonwealth Games cannot come soon enough.

athletes but this could increase if more qualify.The Mediterranean country is aiming to compete in athletics


Jersey

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Jersey - April 2022Not every Commonwealth Games team can return home with a glut of medals, but the smaller delegations can celebrate success in other ways.

Jersey could compete in 10 sports in Birmingham, with the first 16 athletes selected in October in athletics

, bowls, cycling, gymnastics, swimming and triathlon.Four more in athletics and cycling were added this

Games, while Rhys Pilley is due to become only the second male track cyclist to represent Jersey.In athletics


Isle of Man

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Isle of Man - May 2022For a lot of people, thinking about the Isle of Man means thinking about bikes.

one of the best sprint cyclists of all time ©Getty ImagesIsle of Man will also compete in aquatics, athletics

nbsp;"We've got a strong swimming contingent and I know there's a lot of them heading over to watch, athletics

Swimming, athletics and those type of sports will have used the Island Games to then hopefully go from


Gibraltar

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Gibraltar - March 2022The Commonwealth Games is a rare chance for athletes from non-Olympic nations to rub shoulders with the very elite of sport.

Gibraltar is hoping to take 22 athletes to Birmingham 2022 in sports including athletics, road cycling

Gonzalez who reached the semi-finals of the 50m backstroke in Gold Coast.Kelvin Gomez has moved from athletics

nbsp;This includes a new 50m pool which can be split into two 25m pools, which is next door to a 400m athletics


England

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England - July 2022Mark England is a man used to success and he wants more of the same at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

England admitted that the packed sporting year, including the World Athletics Championships which concluded


Cyprus

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Cyprus - July 2022Before Gold Coast 2018, the best performance from Cyprus at the Commonwealth Games came at Delhi 2010 when they won four gold medals.

the Greek goddess of love and beauty.Hurdler Milan Trajkovic will be a Cypriot athlete to watch in athletics


Turks and Caicos Islands

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Turks and Caicos Islands - April 2022Just under 40,000 people live in the Turks and Caicos Islands - an Atlantic paradise which lies to the southeast of The Bahamas and to the north of Hispaniola. 

Commonwealth Games.He is due to be part of an 11-strong team at Birmingham 2022, across the sports of athletics

part of the celebrations and athletes including Williams were involved.Popular sports include cricket, athletics

The previous athletics track, which hosted the 2007 CARIFTA Games, was damaged by a hurricane.Ingham-Hall


Trinidad and Tobago

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Trinidad and Tobago - April 2022Lovie Santana, the Trinidad and Tobago Chef de Mission for Birmingham 2022, experienced the full range of British weather when attending last month's open days for this year's Commonwealth Games.

confirmed.The total team size, including athletes, coaches and officials, will likely be over 100 in athletics

Trinidad and Tobago's proud athletics history includes the likes of Ato Boldon, the world 200m champion

and field athletes from all Commonwealth Games nations must cope with a congested schedule.The World Athletics


Saint Vincent and The Grenadines

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St Vincent and the Grenadines - May 2022On April 9, 2021, the La Soufrière volcano in St Vincent violently erupted for the first time in more than 40 years.

St Vincent and the Grenadines is due to take a delegation of 34 or 35 to Birmingham 2022, in athletics

Bascombe also competed in athletics before settling on karate."

with football and track and field among other popular sports.In 2020, a new national stadium with an athletics


Saint Lucia

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St Lucia - April 2022Joyce Huxley was only supposed to stay in St Lucia for a year, but she never went home.

SLOC) and Commonwealth Games Association.She is due to lead a team of 15 athletes to Birmingham, in athletics

 "We have a really good athletics stadium down on the south of the island," Huxley said.


Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Saint Kitts and Nevis - November 2021Saint Kitts and Nevis is hoping that the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will be the perfect showcase for the country's young athletes.

Saint Kitts and Nevis plans to take between 10 and 12 athletes to Birmingham 2022, in athletics, beach


Montserrat

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Montserrat - June 2022Valerie Samuel can clearly remember the time when things changed forever in Montserrat.

vice-president of the island's Commonwealth Games Association.Montserrat has only ever competed in athletics

facility," said Samuel, a coach for the Government of Montserrat who has taught sports such as netball, athletics


Jamaica

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Jamaica - July 2022When the athletics at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games begins at Alexander Stadium

competing in 18 sports.He said he was looking forward to some breakthrough names leaving their mark on the athletics

including the Usian Bolt Track.The baton was taken to a church service at Spanish Town Cathedral and athletics


Guyana

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Guyana - April 2022Guyana can trace its Commonwealth Games history right back to the inaugural edition in Hamilton in 1930.

struggling with injury.The only Commonwealth Games team from South America will be looking to compete in athletics

division at Tokyo 2020, with Pilgrim describing him as a "determined young man who wants to do well".In athletics

Pompey lives in the US but remains active in athletics in Guyana.Eight years after her gold in Manchester

they are included as part of South America.For example, the country is a member of the South American Athletics

Executive Committee.After attending high school in Jamaica and competing in the National Championships in athletics