The Commonwealth Games are an olympic style sporting event that takes places between the Commonwealth of Nations or better yet known as the British Commonwealth. There are 53 members who are part of the Commonwealth nations and these are all countries who are possessions or are in some way connected to the four countries who comprise the four main British Commonwealth countries and they are England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The first recongized edition of the Commonwealth Games took place in 1930 but it can trace its origins and inspiration back to the 1911 Inter Empire Championships that were held in London.
The 2018 Commonwealth Games have been recognized as the first major multi-national sporting event in which there were an equal amount of mens and womens medals awarded to the participants. The Commonwealth Games is modeled after the Modern Olympic Games and ever since 1930 has been held every four years just like the main Olympics does. The same sports and competitions commence in the Commonwealth Games as the Olympics does as well.
