Gold Coast 2018

Host city AustraliaGold Coast
Date Apr 4 - 15, 2018
Local time 05:07 (UTC+10)
Currency Australian dollar (AUD)

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Show jumper Takeichi Nishi on his horse Uranus won Japan's only Olympic equestrian gold medal at Los Angeles in 1932. Nishi would later die in 1945 as an officer stationed in the defence of the island of Iwo Jima, and as such is a main character in Clint Eastwood's film, Letters from Iwo Jima. 

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Gold Coast 2018

Stockwell replacement as Gold Coast 2018 chairman announced

By Duncan Mackay

Nigel Chamier_head_and_shouldersMay 9 - Mark Stockwell's replacement as the chairman of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games has been confirmed as Brisbane businessman Nigel Chamier (pictured). 
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Exclusive: CGF hail Stockwell's contribution to Gold Coast 2018 after controversial sacking

By Tom Degun

mark stockwell_mike_hooper_08-05-12May 8 - Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive Mike Hooper has praised the contribution of Mark Stockwell in helping the Gold Coast win the right to stage the 2018 Commonwealth Games but said that the hugely controversial decision to fire him is fully down to the relevant bodies in Australia.
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Brisbane businessman set to replace Stockwell as chairman of Gold Coast 2018

By Duncan Mackay

Mark Stockwell_in_NoosaMay 7 - A new chairman of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Board is due to be chosen tomorrow as the Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) publicly claimed that they had backed Mark Stockwell (pictured), who has been sacked by Queensland's new Government.
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Gold Coast 2018 chairman sacked in row over Athletes' Village

By Duncan Mackay

Mark Stockwell_head_and_shouldersMay 6 - Mark Stockwell has been sacked as the chairman of the Gold Coast 2018 Organising Committee despite being the driving force behind the city's successful bid for the Commonwealth Games.
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