Canada at the 2010 Commonwealth Games October 1, 2010 Alison Testroete withdrew due to an injury. Men Women Men Women Canada sent a team of 11 divers to the 2010 Commonwealth games. However, on September 15, 2010 Riley McCormick withdrew from the event with a back injury. On September 28, 2010 Meaghan Benfeito withdrew due to a lingering back injury, and was replaced with 17-year-old Rachel Kemp. Canada will send 13 gymnasts to the 2010 Commonwealth games. Canada has qualified both a men's and women's field hockey team for the 2010 Commonwealth games. The team. Canada has been drawn into Group B with South Africa, England,
Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games are an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and has taken place every four years since then. The Commonwealth Games were known as the British Empire Games from 1930 to 1950, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954 to 1966, and British Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 1974. It is the world's first multi-sport event which inducted equal number of women’s and men’s medal events and was implemented recently in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Their creation was inspired by the Inter-Empire Championships, as