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The opening ceremony will take place inside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Sunday
Team Scotland is reviewing its involvement in the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
Scotland is one of several teams who are unhappy with demands that athletes stay for the entire three-hour ceremony on Sunday, rather than resting.
The chef de mission, Jon Doig, said he was seeking clarification from the organisers. But he insisted the word boycott had never been used.
He said: "We want to be there. We just need to seek clarification on timings."
The organisers had told all participating nations that their athletes would have to remain in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for the whole event.
Usually competitors would only be required to take part in a bit of the ceremony.
Before deciding on whether Team Scotland athletes would be involved, or to what extent, Mr Doig and the heads of some other teams will seek clarification from the authorities.
"We raised this with the organising committee this morning - we're clarifying some of the timings," he said.
"The athletes need to leave the games village, go to the opening ceremony and get back again, so they can compete the next day.
"So the thing we've been talking about this morning is the timings; when people are expected to leave, when they arrive at the opening ceremony and when they can get back - so they can get fed and get ready for competition in the next couple of days.
"We've had different feedback from different people so I've asked them to follow up on that."
He said the organising committee would confirm plans on Saturday afternoon.
'Pretty disappointed'
Scots badminton player Susan Egelstaff said that she and her team-mates would be absent from Sunday's opening ceremony.
"Unfortunately, we're playing the next day," she explained. "I'm lucky that I've had one opening ceremony but the other guys have never been, so they are pretty disappointed.
"But it's so tiring. You are out of the village for seven or eight hours and it can take so much out of you.
"I don't think anyone who is competing the next day will be going. It's too much of a risk. It could have a big impact on your performance."
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The opening ceremony will take place inside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Sunday Team Scotland is reviewing its involvement in the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
Scotland is one of several teams who are unhappy with demands that athletes stay for the entire three-hour ceremony on Sunday, rather than resting.
The chef de mission, Jon Doig, said he was seeking clarification from the organisers. But he insisted the word boycott had never been used.
He said: "We want to be there. We just need to seek clarification on timings."
The organisers had told all participating nations that their athletes would have to remain in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for the whole event.
Usually competitors would only be required to take part in a bit of the ceremony.
“I don't think anyone who is competing the next day will be going. It's too much of a risk.”
Susan Egelstaff Badminton player, Team Scotland "We raised this with the organising committee this morning - we're clarifying some of the timings," he said.
"The athletes need to leave the games village, go to the opening ceremony and get back again, so they can compete the next day.
"So the thing we've been talking about this morning is the timings; when people are expected to leave, when they arrive at the opening ceremony and when they can get back - so they can get fed and get ready for competition in the next couple of days.
"We've had different feedback from different people so I've asked them to follow up on that."
He said the organising committee would confirm plans on Saturday afternoon.
'Pretty disappointed'
Scots badminton player Susan Egelstaff said that she and her team-mates would be absent from Sunday's opening ceremony.
"Unfortunately, we're playing the next day," she explained. "I'm lucky that I've had one opening ceremony but the other guys have never been, so they are pretty disappointed.
"But it's so tiring. You are out of the village for seven or eight hours and it can take so much out of you.
"I don't think anyone who is competing the next day will be going. It's too much of a risk. It could have a big impact on your performance."
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.