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Alex Ferris (child)
Colin Ford (teenager) |nickname = Sam
Sammy(Dean only)
Moose(by Crowley) |species = Moose / Human |gender = Male |occupation = Hunter
Former undergraduate and law school applicant |family = Patriots Nation (28-3) Dean Winchester (older brother)
John Winchester
(father, deceased)
Mary Winchester (née Campbell)
(mother, deceased)
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Deanna Campbell
(maternal grandmother, deceased)
Adam Milligan
(paternal half-brother, deceased)
Henry Winchester
(paternal grandfather, deceased)
Millie Winchester
(paternal grandmother, unknown) Emma (niece) |significantother= Jessica Moore
(girlfriend, deceased)
Madison (deceased)
Ruby (deceased)
Amelia Richardson (ex-girlfriend) |lbl21 = Abilities |data21 = Telekinesis
Precognition
Demonic Power Immunity
Exorcism
Superhuman strength (after drinking demon blood)}}

Samuel "Sam" Winchester is a fictional character and one of the two protagonists of the American drama television series Supernatural along with his older brother Dean. He is portrayed by Jared Padalecki.
Contents
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1 Background
1.1 Season 1
1.2 Season 2
1.3 Season 3
1.4 Season 4
1.5 Season 5
1.6 Season 6
1.7 Season 7
1.8 Season 8
1.9 Season 9
1.10 Season 10
2 Powers and abilities
3 References
4 External links
Background[edit]
Colin Ford portrays the Young Sam Winchester.
Sam was born on May 2, 1983 to John and Mary Winchester in Lawrence, Kansas. He is one of two focal characters of the series. He is the couple's second child, four years younger than his older brother Dean.[1] He is named after his maternal grandfather, Samuel Campbell.[2]
When Sam was only six months old, his mother Mary was killed by the demon Azazel, whom his mother walked in on while he was feeding Sam demon blood. Sam is saved from the ensuing fire by his father, who then gives him to a four-year-old Dean to carry outside.[1] Since that moment, Dean has felt responsible for Sam and became Sam's protector, partially due to pressure from their father to keep his brother safe.
Sam and Dean spent their childhood moving from town to town every few weeks while their father hunted supernatural beings and their mother's unknown killer. Until the age of 8, Sam believed that his mother had died in a car accident and his father was a traveling salesman, until Dean revealed to him the existence of the paranormal.[3] Sam apparently started hunting alongside his brother and father around the age of twelve,[4] however, he began wanting a normal life without monsters; years later, a teacher encouraged him to carve out a life away from the "family business" after reading Sam's story about a werewolf hunt.[5] At nineteen, after a heated argument with John, Sam leaves for Stanford University, thus leaving his family and their hunting crusade behind him.[1]
Season 1[edit]
At the start of the series, 22-year-old Sam is seen as a senior at Stanford, applying for law school. Sam also has a girlfriend, Jessica, with whom he lives and secretly plans to marry. One night, Dean comes to Sam's apartment seeking his help after their father John goes missing. Sam eventually accompanies his brother. After defeating a woman in white and discovering a trail to lead them to their father, Sam returns to Stanford where he witnesses Jessica's death at the hands of a demon – exactly the same way his mother was killed. This incites him to go with Dean to find their father and to kill the demon in order to avenge the deaths of his mother and his lover.[1] In the consequent episodes, the brothers deal with dangerous mythical creatures and urban legends such as the wendigo,[6] Bloody Mary,[7] and shapeshifters.[8] During this time, Sam begins experiencing episodes of precognitive dreams[7] and once displays telekinesis.[9]
As the search for John continues, Sam argues with Dean constantly – mostly about the way Dean obeys his father's orders without question, while Sam questions them and resents his father's treatment of them as "loyal little soldiers". The brothers eventually split up, with Dean going to investigate a mystery his father has assigned him while Sam decides to search for their father elsewhere. The two are eventually reunited after Dean apologizes.[10]
Later in the season, John is captured by demons, and the brothers manage to rescue him. However, they soon learn that the demon who killed their mother is in possession of their father's body. Though John begs Sam to kill him, Sam instead shoots John in the leg using the Colt, and the demon escapes. As Sam drives his father and a badly wounded Dean to a hospital, a truck driven by a demon-possessed man crashes into them, totaling Dean's Impala and gravely injuring the Winchesters.[11]
Season 2[edit]
At the beginning of the second season, the Winchesters are at the Nashville hospital, with Sam and John escaping with minor injuries, while Dean is on the brink of death. In a deal with Azazel, John sacrifices his soul and the Colt in exchange for Dean's life.[12] While the boys mourn their father's death, Sam expresses much guilt about never having a chance to reconcile with John, leading him to believe that his father died knowing his own son hated him.[13]
As the boys start to take a more active role in hunting, Sam begins to search for psychic children like him to find out Azazel's plan.[14] Eventually Sam learns from Dean that, before their father's death, John told Dean that Azazel is planning to turn Sam evil, and that Dean must either save him or kill him.[15] Although angered at his father and brother upon learning this revelation, Sam decides to save as many people as possible so that he can change his destiny.[16] In the season finale, Sam is transported to an abandoned town along with Azazel's other chosen children. There he learns Azazel's plans: he and the other children must kill one another until there is one survivor – who will lead a demon army (as the Antichrist). Sam also discovers that Jessica was killed because her death would lead Sam back into hunting and Mary interrupted Azazel during the process of feeding Sam demon blood, and thus was killed. It is also revealed that Mary somehow knew Azazel. Although Sam tries to protect the other children, various fights ensue, and the children are killed off one by one. Eventually, only Jake Talley and Sam are left, at which point Sam is stabbed by Jake.[17] Sam dies in Dean's arms.
In the aftermath, a desperate and depressed Dean sells his soul to the Crossroads Demon for Sam's resurrection. With the help of fellow hunters Bobby Singer and Ellen Harvelle, Sam and Dean track down Jake, but are unable to stop him from opening a gateway to Hell on Azazel's orders. However, Sam subdues Jake and kills him in cold blood. Eventually Bobby and Ellen manage to close the gateway while Sam and Dean battle Azazel. With the help of John's spirit, Dean finally kills Azazel and John shares an emotional moment with his sons before finally moving on. Afterwards, Sam learns that he was dead and Dean sold his soul to bring him back. He then promises Dean that he will save him no matter what it takes.[18]
Season 3[edit]
Sam continues to do whatever he can to save Dean from going to Hell; he begins to become more ruthless and is willing to kill anything demonic even if his prey is part human (i.e., demonically-possessed humans),[19][20] human witches,[21] and even Gordon Walker who became a vampire.[22] Sam later reveals that he's trying to become more like Dean so that, if he fails to save Dean's soul, he's ready to face a world full of demons on his own.[21]
Season three also sees the introduction of the demon Ruby,[23] who tries to gain Sam's trust by helping the brothers in fixing The Colt,[19] saving them numerous times, and telling Sam she can save Dean from Hell,[23] even though in reality she can't.[21] Ruby also reveals that because Sam refuses to lead the demon army, another demon named Lilith has filled the power vacuum and is leading the army while carrying intentions to kill Sam;[24] she is also revealed to hold Dean's contract for his soul.[25]
In the season finale, Sam and Dean, armed with Ruby's demon-killing knife, confront Lilith in a last-ditch effort to save Dean's soul. Sam is incapacitated by Lilith and forced to watch as his brother is killed by a hellhound. Lilith then tries to kill Sam; however, her powers have no effect on him and she flees, leaving a crying Sam with Dean's mutilated corpse.[26]
Season 4[edit]
Four months after the season three finale, Dean has returned from Hell. He and Bobby meet up with Sam at a motel, where an overwhelmed Sam joyously reunites with Dean. While trying to figure out how Dean returned from Hell, Dean and Bobby confront the being who revived him, Castiel, an angel who was ordered by the Archangel Michael to resurrect Dean.[27] They discover that this came to be because the angels need Dean and Sam's help to stop Lilith, who is breaking the 66 Seals, and once they are all broken, Lucifer the first fallen angel will be freed from Hell, bringing the Apocalypse upon the Earth.[28]
It is revealed that in the months without Dean, Sam – depressed, drinking heavily, and carrying a death wish – tries to bargain with various Crossroads Demons in order to exchange his soul for Dean's. None of them accept the offer. Realizing he can't save Dean, Sam plans to kill Lilith in revenge. He makes contact with Ruby – now in a different host – who teaches him how to use his powers to exorcise demons. In time, he and Ruby become lovers and he appears to be moving on from Dean's death – to an extent, at least.[29] When Dean finds out about Sam's powers and all the secrets Sam has been keeping from him, Sam responds by saying that he does this because Dean looks and treats him like a freak.[30] Sam then promises Dean that he won't use his powers anymore but breaks the promise when it becomes apparent that his powers may be needed to prevent the Apocalypse.[31]
Sam's powers become an important part of the fourth season as they are shown to fluctuate – at times so weak that he can barely exorcise a demon,[32] whereas at other times they are strong enough to kill a demon.[33] It is revealed that drinking demon blood makes Sam's powers grow stronger[33] while at the same time making him "cold" and "arrogant". Sam eventually becomes addicted to demon blood, a fact that Dean soon discovers. With Bobby's help they lock Sam in a protected panic room[32] so that he can detox, but the withdrawal symptoms are painful and he begins experiencing hallucinations. Just as the process becomes easier for Sam, Castiel appears and frees Sam. He meets up with Ruby and learns that he will need to drink more demon blood than he has ever done in order to have the strength to kill Lilith. Dean finds and confronts them and tries to kill Ruby, but Sam intervenes. He and Dean argue about how to stop the Apocalypse, whereupon Dean tells Sam he's changing into a monster, leading to a vicious fight between the brothers. Sam is the victor and as he leaves, Dean tells him not to return – just as their father John, years ago, told Sam not to return when he left for college.[34]
As Sam begins to feel the guilt over abandoning his brother, he and Ruby capture a demon that knows Lilith's location. Using his powers to torture the demon, she gives the location, but as Sam is about to drink her blood, the demon gives control to her human host, inciting immense guilt in Sam. A message from Dean, altered by the angel Zachariah, manipulates Sam, pushing him to continue his original mission to kill Lilith; he then drains the woman of her blood anyway. Ruby and Sam go to St. Mary's Convent in Ilchester, Maryland, where they find Lilith. As Sam attempts to kill Lilith, Ruby holds the doors shut to keep Dean, who has just arrived, from interfering. Sam hesitates when he hears his brother yelling for him, but when Lilith mocks him for his inability to do the job – even after becoming a monster to do so – he finishes her off, fulfilling his true destiny as the "special child." Lilith's death breaks the final seal and begins forming a portal for Lucifer. At this point, Ruby reveals that she was leading Sam along the entire time so he would break the seal. Dean finally enters the room and kills Ruby with her own knife, while Sam holds her in place. Sam apologizes to his brother as a white light shows a portal beginning to open.[35]
Season 5[edit]
As the portal for Lucifer opens, Sam and Dean are teleported onto an airplane by an unknown force (God). Sam loses his demon powers, claiming that the force that transported him and Dean onto the plane cleaned him up. He feels tremendous guilt for starting Armageddon and is told by Dean that he doesn't think he can trust Sam anymore due to Sam choosing a demon over his own brother.[36] Over time, Sam realizes that he is too dangerous to be involved in hunting, and he and Dean go their separate ways.[37] During this time, Sam tries to start living a normal life, but is approached by Lucifer in his dreams in the form of Jessica, who tells him that Sam is his true vessel in conjunction with Dean being the true vessel for Michael.[36][38] Sam decides to start hunting again with Dean as he is tired of demons controlling his life and seeks redemption for starting the Judgment Day; although Dean refuses at first, after he is sent to a nightmarish future in which he sees how awful things got with him and Sam not being together, he decides to join up with Sam once more.[39]
On their search to find a way to defeat Lucifer, the boys attempt to use the Colt and look for God, but it is revealed that the Colt cannot kill Lucifer and God does not care about the Apocalypse.[40][41] These actions make Dean decide to become Michael's vessel even if the end result is the deaths of millions of people,[36] however, Sam's faith in Dean pulls him back into finding another solution.[42] Upon the death of the Archangel Gabriel, the brothers discover that by using the rings from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, they can reopen and trap Lucifer back into Hell.[43] As Dean and Sam already have War and Famine's rings, they search for Pestilence and Death's location, leading Sam to meet his old college friend Brady: the guy who introduced Sam to Jessica and the demon ordered by Azazel to kill Jessica. Although tempted to kill Brady immediately, Sam realizes that Brady is needed to find Pestilence's location and with the help of the demon Crowley they discover the horseman's location – after which Dean allows Sam to kill Brady.[44]
After Castiel captures Pestilence's ring and Death hands his ring to Dean,[4] both Bobby and Dean reluctantly decide to go with Sam's plan – that is, for Sam to agree to being Lucifer's vessel, then jump into the cage trapping them both in Hell.[44] Upon arriving in Detroit, Sam begs Dean to go live a normal life with his old flame Lisa Braeden and says his goodbyes to Bobby and Castiel. He then proceeds to confront Lucifer, who reveals that he knows about their plan. Seeing no other options left, Sam says yes anyway. A bright light shines and Dean looks upon an unconscious Sam as he opens the portal to Lucifer's prison. Although "Sam" says that he has Lucifer under control, it is shown that Lucifer was just taunting Dean. Lucifer closes the portal and takes the rings before disappearing. At an unknown location, Sam continues to fight Lucifer internally for control over his body. While talking through a mirror, Lucifer tries to persuade Sam to embrace their union by slaughtering demons that were watching Sam throughout his entire life.[45]
During Lucifer's confrontation at Stull Cemetery with Michael (using Adam as his vessel), he beats Dean, slamming him against the door of the Impala. As Lucifer is about to deliver a fatal blow, he catches a glimpse of a toy soldier stuck in the car's ash tray triggering Sam's memory of jamming the soldier in there as a boy. The sudden arousal of Sam's childhood memories and those of the bond of brotherhood he shares with Dean allows him to overpower Lucifer and regain control of his body. Sam takes out the rings, reopens the portal, and prepares to throw himself in. Having been temporarily banished by Castiel, Michael returns and attempts to stop him, but Sam jumps in, pulling Michael also with him – trapping both Lucifer and Michael in Lucifer's cage. The ground closes up with a stunned, devastated Dean watching. Later, it is shown that Dean fulfills his promise to Sam and has gone back to find Lisa. As he sits down with her and Ben for dinner, a street light outside goes out, and underneath it inexplicably is Sam secretly watching the three with a blank look on his face.[45]
Season 6[edit]
Almost a year has passed since Sam went to Hell, and he reappears to Dean after saving him from Djinn poisoning. Upon their reunion, Sam reveals that he has been back this whole time searching for whatever force brought him back and hunting with his mother's side of the family, the Campbells, led by their grandfather Samuel who was also resurrected.[46] While hunting with Sam again, Dean quickly notices how different he acts. These include using a baby as bait, allowing a child to go through a torturous treatment to gain information, and allowing Dean to become a vampire.[47][48][49] After facing the goddess Veritas, Dean and Castiel question Sam's behavior. Castiel then reveals that Sam's soul is not with him and is still trapped in Lucifer's Cage.[50][51] It is revealed that Crowley brought back Samuel so that they could help him find Purgatory, the afterlife of monsters, and that Samuel has been working for him. Crowley then states that if Sam and Dean help him he will return Sam's soul, but if they do not help him he will send Sam back to Hell.[51][52] Although Sam still retains his memories, likes, dislikes, and is capable of making rational decisions, he is completely without emotion and appears almost inhuman.[50][52]
Upon Dean's request, Death retrieves Sam's soul from the Cage and returns it to him at the end of the sixth season's mid-season finale "Appointment in Samarra". He gives Sam's mind a "protective wall" to prevent any negative effects it might have on him otherwise, but Death also warns him not to scratch at the wall he has built, or his memories from Hell will destroy him.[53] However, Castiel, in an attempt to distract Dean and Bobby while he attempts to enter Purgatory, brings down the wall, ultimately causing Sam to remember his time in Hell. In the season finale, Sam spends much of the episode attempting to recoup his shattered soul, including the memories of his soulless self and tortured self. Once complete, he reawakens, though still struggling with the visions of the Cage that his soul endured.
Season 7[edit]
After Castiel's actions result in the release of the Leviathans – God's first creations – Sam is left struggling with the restoration of his memories of his time in Hell, even if he remains dedicated to helping Dean and others stop the Leviathans. During this time, he has a reunion with his old Kitsune friend, Amy Pond, who has become a mortician feeding on the dead to sustain her, although Dean nevertheless kills her when he discovers that she has been killing to help her sick son. As Sam experiences hallucinations of Lucifer taunting him with the idea that he is still in Hell, he initially tries to control them by focusing on wounds he sustains in the real world, but matters become worse when he is forced to rely on information from the hallucination to save Dean. As his mental state becomes worse, Sam foregoes sleep to stop his visions, but is sent to an asylum when he is hit by a car while running away from Lucifer. While trying to find a healer who may be able to repair Sam, Dean encounters an amnesiac Castiel, who, when restored to his full powers, sacrifices himself by taking Sam's mental damage. Sam is shown to possess great guilt about this and rejects hope that Bobby's ghost may be helping them out after an attempt to communicate with him fails. Sam is initially happy when it is shown that Bobby's ghost is there helping them, but changes his mind after Bobby shows more and more signs of becoming a vengeful spirit. During the final battle at Sucrocorp, Sam rescues Kevin Tran – a Prophet who can read the Word of God – and is horrified to hear of Dick Roman's plan to kill all the skinny people in the world through poison in their coffee creamers. He and Kevin head to the lab where they find Dick Roman being killed by Dean and Castiel. After Dick explodes, Dean and Castiel disappear and Crowley appears and takes Kevin, leaving Sam completely on his own, not knowing Dean and Castiel are now trapped in Purgatory.
Season 8[edit]
The year Sam spends while Dean and Castiel are trapped in Purgatory is revealed through various flashbacks in the first half of the season. Now left on his own, Sam believes that Dean had been killed when Dick exploded, and gives up hunting. After several months, he accidentally runs over a stray dog and, panicked, takes it to an animal hospital. The veterinarian who saves the dog's life – Amelia Richardson – convinces Sam to take responsibility for the stray by adopting it.[54] Despite a rocky start, Sam and Amelia fall in love and even buy a house together in Kermit, Texas.[55] They later find out that her husband Don, who she had believed was killed in action,[56] was actually still alive.[55] Sam wants to stay with Amelia, but ultimately decides to leave and give her the opportunity to reconnect with Don.[57]
In the season premiere "We Need to Talk About Kevin", Sam runs into Dean and learns that Dean had just escaped from Purgatory; upon learning about what Sam had been doing the past year, Dean is upset that Sam had not even tried to save him or continued hunting. They find out that Kevin had managed to escape from Crowley six months ago and left Sam a string of desperate voice messages, begging for help. Sam feels guilty and joins Dean in tracking down Kevin, who reveals that he has discovered a passage in the Word of God that would banish all demons from Earth forever.[54] The spell requires three trials be performed by one person. Although Dean tries to do it himself in order to protect Sam from any possible consequence of the trials, Sam ends up completing the first trial (killing a hellhound and bathing in its blood) in "Trial and Error" to protect Dean; he persuades his brother to let him finish the rest by reasoning that Dean would be all-too-willing to sacrifice himself for the trials whereas Sam would fight so that both of them could live. However, taking on the trials quickly begins "damaging" Sam, which worries Dean.[58][59]
After meeting Benny – the vampire who helped Dean escape from Purgatory in exchange for Dean resurrecting him[54] – at the end of "Blood Brother", Sam immediately distrusts him, and asks Martin (a friend of their father's who had previously appeared in Season 5's "Sam, Interrupted") to monitor Benny. Martin contacts Sam in "Citizen Fang" to tell him that he believes Benny killed somebody, bringing the Winchesters to Carencro, Louisiana to help investigate. However, upon receiving an emergency text from Amelia and being unable to get a hold of her, Sam tears back to Kermit. He finds Amelia happily reunited with Don, and realizes that the text had been a trick by Dean to divert him from Benny. Enraged, Sam initially refuses to continue hunting with Dean in the following episode. Castiel – who has been mysteriously rescued from Purgatory – enlists his help in saving the angel Samandriel from being tortured by Crowley, forcing the brothers to reluctantly work together again. When forced by both Dean and Amelia to choose, Sam decides to rejoin his brother and fully commit himself to sealing Hell over returning to his normal life with Amelia.[60] Around this time, Sam and Dean encounter their time-traveling paternal grandfather Henry Winchester and discover that through him, they are the legacies to an extinct secret society of compilers of supernatural information and artifacts known as the Men of Letters. Although they manage to subdue the demonic Abaddon, who has pursued Henry into the present, their grandfather is killed, leaving Sam and Dean the last link to the Men of Letters.[61] They then inherit the bunker of the Men of Letters as their first real home.[62]
Sam completes the second trial – saving an innocent soul (in this case, Bobby) from Hell and sending it to Heaven – in "Taxi Driver" with the help of Benny, who sacrifices himself in the process of guiding Sam and Bobby out of Hell and thus finally causes Sam to admit that he had been wrong about Benny.[63] Unfortunately, Sam's illness from the trials worsens to the point that Dean temporarily restricts him from hunting out of worry for his condition.[64] Nevertheless, Sam remains determined to finish the trials and seal Hell because, viewing all the times he has failed Dean in the past (such as not looking for him when he was in Purgatory) as his worst sins, he has become obsessed with not letting Dean down anymore.[65] He and Dean attempt to use Abaddon for the third trial, that of restoring a demon's humanity, but she escapes while they are distracted by a call from Crowley, who has begun murdering everyone they've ever saved to force them to call off the trials.[66] After Crowley kills Sam's love interest Sarah Blake from Season 1's "Provenance",[66] Sam is devastated and briefly contemplates giving in to Crowley's demands, but he and Dean ultimately feign surrender to lure Crowley to them and take him prisoner in the season finale "Sacrifice" so that they can use him for the third trial instead. Sam is on the verge of fully restoring Crowley's humanity when Dean finds out that completing the trials will kill Sam. Although Sam, having fallen into deep guilt and despair due to constant reminders from Dean of how he'd failed him, wants to finish the trials anyway, Dean convinces him to let it go. The effects of the trials remain, however, leaving Sam in dire condition in the final moments of the finale.[65]
Season 9[edit]
Sam is close to death in the premiere, "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here"; it is revealed that the trials have severely burned his internal organs as well as cut off oxygen-flow to his brain, and that he has virtually no chance of survival. Having slipped into a coma, Sam has a dream in which he realizes that he is dying and struggles between whether or not he should even try to fight, eventually electing to let himself die with the guarantee that this time he cannot be revived and cause anymore damage. However, the angel Gadreel is called in by Dean to save Sam through any means necessary. Disguised as Dean, Gadreel convinces Sam to let him save him and Sam agrees, unwittingly providing permission to Gadreel so that the angel can possess him due to Gadreel's ambiguously-worded question. Gadreel spends the next eight episodes healing Sam from within without Sam realizing it. In fact, Sam is completely unaware of Gadreel's presence, as the angel spends most of this time laying dormant in Sam's subconscious and he and Dean go to some lengths to prevent him finding out about it because Sam could prematurely expel Gadreel if he found out.
Sam is alerted to Gadreel's possession of him by Crowley in the later episode "Road Trip", at which point he revokes his permission and forcibly expels Gadreel from his body by ordering the angel out. To his horror, he also finds out that Gadreel has killed Kevin using his body to prove his loyalty to Metatron. Sam is appalled and angry at how far Dean will go to keep him alive, feeling betrayed that Dean not only helped Gadreel possess him and hid the truth from him but also for persuaded him not to finish the trials and thus kept the gates of Hell open and allowed demons to continue wreaking havoc, all to keep Sam alive. Sam lets a guilt-ridden Dean leave at the end of the episode. In the following episode "First Born", Sam works with Castiel to extract a lingering piece of Gadreel's grace (angelic energy) so that they can track him. Feeling guilty over the deaths he could have stopped, especially Kevin's, Sam urges Castiel to extract all of the grace still inside him, even though it may kill Sam because the grace is keeping him from reverting to his deathly state prior his possession. However, Castiel refuses to risk Sam's life. As a result, the amount of grace they gather is insufficient to track Gadreel.
Sam runs into Dean on the same case in "Sharp Teeth". Although Dean tries to divert Sam from the case so that they won't have to work together again, Sam reveals that he is willing to work with Dean again so long as it is on a strictly professional basis, telling him that they cannot work on a brotherly basis anymore because Dean has lost his trust. At the end of "The Purge", Sam responds to Dean's attempts to justify his decisions by saying that Dean's choices are not as selfless as Dean paints them and that he would not have done what Dean did given the same situation, which stuns Dean into silence.
The two eventually begin to come back together as Sam learns more about Abaddon's history and plans after he learns that she has been taking souls while leaving the victims 'alive', much like he was after his escape from Hell. They eventually manage to determine the location of a portal to Heaven that allows Castiel to trap Metatron while Dean kills Abaddon with the First Blade – acquired from Cain himself and the only weapon capable of killing a Knight of Hell – but Castiel is left dying of the grace he stole to regain his powers while Dean is transformed into a demon due to the First Blade's influence.
Season 10[edit]
After spending six weeks tracking the transformed Dean – along with a brief confrontation with a man named Cole whose father was killed by Dean on a prior hunt – Sam manages to capture Dean while he is distracted, taking him back to the bunker to treat him with the demon cure. Despite demon-Dean's attempts to undermine his and Sam's relationship through his demonically-warped perspective, Sam is eventually able to cure Dean and restore him to humanity, although he continues to be concerned about Dean's emotional state after his time as a demon and the possibility that the Mark of Cain could transform him again.
Powers and abilities[edit]
Sam's supernatural abilities are the result of him being fed Azazel's demon blood while he was an infant. Sam exhibits signs of precognition throughout the first season, manifesting as dreams of others' deaths and later as visions.[7][9] Sam has also shown signs of sensing spirits, once displayed telekinesis, and immunity to certain demonic powers.[9][12][26][67] Sam states that his abilities are connected to Azazel and anything related to his actions, such as the other special children.[68] This argument was further proven after Azazel's death, as Sam stopped having visions of both the demon and the other psychics,[23] however, according to Ruby his powers were simply dormant.[26] After training with Ruby, Sam develops new abilities, such as exorcising demons with his mind, and his telekinesis becomes more potent.[27] By drinking demon blood Sam's power become stronger, to the point where he can outright kill demons and even torture them while in their human hosts; by drinking at least three gallons of demon blood, he can kill demons just by concentrating and willing it to happen.[35][45] After being affected by the Horseman Famine, Sam uses his powers to defeat him by attacking the demon spirits that Famine had recently consumed, although Dean and Bobby were subsequently forced to lock Sam in the panic room to detox.
In addition, with the training given to him by his father, Sam is a skilled fighter, proficient with firearms, shotguns and melee weapons. Like his brother Dean, he possesses many abilities that are frowned upon by law, including but not limited to: lock picking, computer hacking, disguised conning, and carjacking. Throughout the series, Sam has been shown to be highly intelligent with reading and recalling Latin incantations, which can be used to summon, exorcise, and vanquish demons;[24] typically, when the two brothers are working together, Dean is the superior physical fighter while Sam's expertise lies in carrying out research and recalling information to determine the nature of the threat that they are currently facing. Through Ruby, he knows how to make hex bags to cloak himself from demons and angels.[36] Sam also displays the ability to read one's "poker face" and has a great sense of direction and time, at one point being able to find a vampire's nest while blindfolded by keeping track of the time and the turns of the car.[69]
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The Way You Move
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This article is about the song by Outkast. For the song by Ne-Yo, see The Way You Move (Ne-Yo song). For the song by Bodyrockers, see I Like the Way (BodyRockers song).
"The Way You Move"
Single by OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown
from the album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Released
September 23, 2003[1]
Format
CD single
Recorded
Stankonia Studios, Atlanta, GA, 2002
Genre
Hip hop, crunk, soul
Length
3:55
Label
LaFace/RCA
55883
Songwriter(s)
Antwan Patton, Carl-Mo, Patrick Brown
Producer(s)
Big Boi, Carl-Mo
OutKast singles chronology
"Land of a Million Drums"
(2002) "The Way You Move"
(2003) "Roses"
(2004)
"Land of a Million Drums"
(2002) "The Way You Move"
(2003) "Roses"
(2004)
"The Way You Move" is a song recorded by Big Boi of the American hip hop duo OutKast, released by LaFace Records. The song features OutKast mentor Sleepy Brown on guest vocals. Along with "Hey Ya!", recorded by OutKast's other member André 3000, "The Way You Move" is one of the two lead singles from Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, OutKast's double album project which includes a solo album from each member.
Released from Big Boi's Speakerboxxx half of the double album, "The Way You Move" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming OutKast's third number-one pop single, and the 900th for "Billboard." In 2009, it was named the 22nd most successful song of the 2000s, on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade.[2]
Contents
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1 Song information
2 Music video
3 Chart performance
4 Track listings
5 Charts
5.1 Weekly charts
5.2 Year-end charts
6 Trivia
7 Earth, Wind & Fire/Kenny G cover
7.1 Peak positions
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Song information[edit]
"The Way You Move" is credited to Big Boi, Sleepy Brown, and the song's producer, Carlton Mahone; Big Boi also does some co-production. Combining elements of bass music, Atlanta-style southern hip hop, and 1970s soul music, "The Way You Move" is Big Boi's light-hearted dedication to women.
The song's instrumental track is punctuated with the prominent live horn section "Hornz Unlimited" of Atlanta reminiscent of Earth Wind and Fire, which features Sleepy Brown singing in style inspired by the work of Motown star Marvin Gaye.
Music video[edit]
The song's music video, directed by Bryan Barber, features Big Boi as the proprietor of a rim shop. The video's performance shots eventually gravitate to other locations during the video's running time, featuring several young women who Big Boi, dressed in a pimp's suit, attempts to pick up.
The video features an appearance from Fonzworth Bentley and another from actress Ki Toy Johnson. "The Way You Move" music video was designed to be shown in tandem with the video for André 3000's "Hey Ya!". A long-form "The Way You Move/Hey Ya!" video combines both clips with a bridging sequence. The music video opens with Big Boi and Sleepy Brown pulling into a garage that specializes in automotive audio systems.[3]
Chart performance[edit]
"The Way You Move" debuted at #83 on the week ending September 27, 2003, four days after its release.[4] It spent eight weeks at the number two position on the Billboard Hot 100 behind "Hey Ya!", one of the longest runs at that position in the chart's history.
It finally replaced "Hey Ya!" at number one on February 7, 2004, where it stayed for one week, which was the sixth time a recording act has replaced itself on the Billboard pop chart. "The Way You Move" was ranked number five on the 2004 Billboard Year-End Chart. On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, "The Way You Move" peaked at number two (seven positions higher than "Hey Ya!"), and reached the top of the Hot Rap Tracks chart.
Track listings[edit]
UK CD1[5]
"The Way You Move" (club mix) – 3:56
"The Way You Move" (Johnny Toobad full length vocal) – 6:55
"The Way You Move" (Full Phat radio mix) – 3:35
"The Way You Move" (video)
UK CD2[6]
"The Way You Move" (clean album version) – 3:56
"The Way You Move" (Johnny Toobad radio mix) – 3:52
Europe single[7]
"The Way You Move" (radio mix) – 3:55
"The Way You Move" (Full Phatt radio mix) – 3:31
Europe/Australia maxi-single[8][9]
"The Way You Move" (radio mix) – 3:55
"The Way You Move" (Full Phatt radio mix) - 3:31
"The Way You Move" (Johnny Too Bad radio mix) – 3:52
"The Way You Move" (Cutmaster Swift remix) – 4:22
"The Way You Move" (video)
The Way You Move / Hey Ya! 12" vinyl single[10]
"The Way You Move" (radio mix) – 3:55
"The Way You Move" (club mix) – 3:55
"The Way You Move" (instrumental) – 3:55
"Hey Ya!" (radio mix) – 4:09
"Hey Ya!" (instrumental) – 4:09
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (2003–04)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[11] 7
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[12] 49
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[13] 44
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[14] 4
Denmark (Tracklisten)[15] 9
Europe (Official Top 100 Singles) 18
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] 19
Germany (Official German Charts)[17] 31
Ireland (IRMA)[18] 18
Italy (FIMI)[19] 9
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[20] 76
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[21] 6
Norway (VG-lista)[22] 16
South Korea International Singles (Gaon)[23] 20
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[24] 33
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 49
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[26] 7
UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[27] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[28] 1
US Billboard Mainstream Top 40[28] 1
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[28] 2
US Billboard Hot Rap Songs[28] 1
US Billboard Adult Top 40[28] 34
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (2004)
Rank
US Billboard Hot 100[29] 5
Trivia[edit]
The song was featured and poked fun at in an episode of Chappelle's Show, in a skit entitled "Making the Band", in which P. Diddy (played by Chappelle) is joined by his assistant, Fonzworth Bentley (played by Charlie Murphy), who comes flying in using his umbrella as a parachute, just as Fonzworth does in "The Way You Move" music video.
A heavily edited version of the song is featured in the console versions of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005, and is a playable song in Shark Tale.
The "Full Phatt Radio Mix" is featured on Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2.
Earth, Wind & Fire/Kenny G cover[edit]
"The Way You Move"
Single by Kenny G feat. Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album At Last... The Duets Album
Released
2004
Format
CD single
Genre
Smooth jazz
Length
4:09
Label
Arista Records
Songwriter(s)
Patrick Brown, Carlton "Carl Mo" Mahone, Antwan Patton
Producer(s)
Walter Afanasieff
In 2004, saxophonist Kenny G and Earth, Wind & Fire released a cover of the song with bandmembers Philip Bailey and Maurice White on vocals. Their version was spawned from Kenny G's At Last... The Duets Album and it also appeared on Earth, Wind & Fire's 2005 album Illumination. The song went to #12 on the Adult Contemporary Chart.[30]
Peak positions[edit]
Chart (2004)
Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[30] 12
See also[edit]
List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2004 (U.S.)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "OutKast - The Way You Move / Hey Ya! (CD) at Discogs". Retrieved 14 October 2014.
Jump up ^ "Charts". Retrieved 25 May 2017.
Jump up ^ Kaufman, Gil. "Outkast's 'Hey Ya!' Clip Ran Andre 3000 Into The Ground: VMA Lens Recap"MTV News. September 19, 2003. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
Jump up ^ "September 27, 2003 Billboard Issue". Retrieved 14 October 2014.
Jump up ^ "UK CD1". Discogs.
Jump up ^ "UK CD2". Discogs.
Jump up ^ "Europe single". Discogs.
Jump up ^ "Europe maxi-single". Discogs.
Jump up ^ "Australia maxi-single". Discogs.
Jump up ^ "The Way You Move / Hey Ya! 12" vinyl single". Discogs.
Jump up ^ "Australian-charts.com – OUTKAST FEAT. SLEEPY BROWN – THE WAY YOU MOVE". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
Jump up ^ "Austriancharts.at – OUTKAST FEAT. SLEEPY BROWN – THE WAY YOU MOVE" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – OUTKAST FEAT. SLEEPY BROWN – THE WAY YOU MOVE" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – OUTKAST FEAT. SLEEPY BROWN – THE WAY YOU MOVE" (in French). Ultratip.
Jump up ^ "Danishcharts.com – OUTKAST FEAT. SLEEPY BROWN – THE WAY YOU MOVE". Tracklisten.
Jump up ^ "OUTKAST FEAT. SLEEPY BROWN: THE WAY YOU MOVE" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
Jump up ^ "Musicline.de – OUTKAST FEAT. SLEEPY BROWN Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
Jump up ^ "Chart Track: Week 14, 2004". Irish Singles Chart.
Jump up ^ "The Way You Move by Outkast and Sleepy Brown - Music Charts". acharts.us. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
Jump up ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – OUTKAST FEAT. SLEEPY BROWN – THE WAY YOU MOVE" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
Jump up ^ "Charts.org.nz – OUTKAST FEAT. SLEEPY BROWN – THE WAY YOU MOVE". Top 40 Singles.
Jump up ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – OUTKAST FEAT. SLEEPY BROWN – THE WAY YOU MOVE". VG-lista.
Jump up ^ "South Korea Gaon International Chart (Week: January 01, 2012 to January 07, 2012)". Gaon Chart. December 15, 2012. Archived from the original on December 19, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Swedishcharts.com – OUTKAST FEAT. SLEEPY BROWN – THE WAY YOU MOVE". Singles Top 100.
Jump up ^ "Swisscharts.com – OUTKAST FEAT. SLEEPY BROWN – THE WAY YOU MOVE". Swiss Singles Chart.
Jump up ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
Jump up ^ "Official R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e https://www.billboard.com/artist/321442/outkast/chart
Jump up ^ "The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks - Decade Year End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b "Billboard Hot 100 Chart 50th Anniversary". Retrieved 25 May 2017.
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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2018 Commonwealth Games
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XXI Commonwealth Games
Logo of 2018 Commonwealth Games
Host city
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Motto
"Share the Dream"
Nations participating
70 Commonwealth Teams
Events
275 in 18 sports
Opening ceremony
4 April
Closing ceremony
15 April
Main venue
Carrara Stadium
Website
GC2018.com
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The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Gold Coast 2018, is an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that will be held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia between 4 and 15 April 2018. The winning bid was announced in Basseterre, Saint Kitts on 11 November 2011. It will be the fifth time Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games.
Contents
[hide]
1 Host city selection process
2 Administration
3 Preparation
3.1 Venues
3.2 Athletes village
3.3 Transport
4 Participating nations
5 Sports
6 Calendar
7 Marketing
7.1 Motto
7.2 Mascot
7.3 Medals
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Host city selection process[edit]
Main article: Bids for the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Countdown clock at Surfers Paradise
On 22 August 2008, the Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh, officially launched Gold Coast City's bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2018. On 7 April 2009, the ABC reported a land exchange deal between Gold Coast City and State of Queensland for Carrara Stadium. According to Mayor Ron Clarke, the land would aid a potential bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The land exchanged would be used as the site of an aquatics centre. In the same article, Mayor Clarke raised the question of the Australian Federal Government's commitment to a 2018 Commonwealth Games bid in light of the Government's support for Australia's 2018 FIFA World Cup Finals bid.[1] On 16 April 2009, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh told reporters that a successful Commonwealth Games bid by Gold Coast City could help the tourist strip win a role in hosting the World Cup.[2]
"Some of the infrastructure that would be built for the Commonwealth Games will be useful for Gold Coast City to get a World Cup game out of the soccer World Cup if we're successful as a nation," she said. However the decision on the venues for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups were made eleven months prior to the bid decision for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, so the potential World Cup venues had already been chosen. On 3 June 2009, Gold Coast City was confirmed as Australia's exclusive bidder vying for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[3] "Should a bid proceed, Gold Coast City will have the exclusive Australian rights to bid as host city for 2018," Bligh stated.
"Recently I met with the president and CEO of the Australian Commonwealth Games Association and we agreed to commission a full and comprehensive feasibility study into the potential for the 2018 Commonwealth Games," she said. "Under the stewardship of Queensland Events new chair, Geoff Dixon, that study is now well advanced." On 15 March 2010, it was announced that the Queensland Government will provide initial funding of A$11 million for the 2018 Commonwealth Games bid. The Premier of Queensland has indicated the Government's support for the bid to the Australian Commonwealth Games Association.[4] On 31 March 2010, the Australian Commonwealth Games Association officially launched the bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[5] In October 2011, Gold Coast City Mayor Ron Clarke stated that the games would provide a strong legacy for the city after the games have ended.[6]
On 31 March 2010, a surprise bid was made for the 2018 Commonwealth Games by the Sri Lankan city of Hambantota. Hambantota was devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, and is undergoing a major face lift. The first phase of the Port of Hambantota is nearing completion and it is funded by the government of China. The Mattala International Airport, which is the second international Airport of Sri Lanka is built close to Hambantota. A new Hambantota International Cricket Stadium had also been built, which had hosted matches in the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
On 10 November, the Hambantota bidders claimed they had already secured enough votes to win the hosting rights.[7] However, on 11 November it was officially announced Gold Coast City had won the rights to host the games.[8][9]
2018 Commonwealth Games bidding results
City
Country
Votes
Gold Coast City Australia 43
Hambantota Sri Lanka 27
Administration[edit]
In February 2012, Mark Peters was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Gold Coast City 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation.[10] The Queensland Government Minister tasked with overseeing the Games is Kate Jones.[11]
Preparation[edit]
Venues[edit]
Main article: Venues of the 2018 Commonwealth Games
The concept image for Carrara Stadium and Carrara Sport and Leisure Centre.
One of the key technical aspects of Gold Coast City's successful bid was the fact that the city already has 80 percent of the planned venues in place. The vast majority of venues are located within 20-minutes driving time of the Athletes Village in Parkwood and are broadly grouped into three areas; Central Gold Coast City, North Gold Coast City and South Gold Coast City. The only sports that will be held outside of Gold Coast City will be track cycling and the preliminary rounds of Basketball which will be held in Brisbane and Cairns/Townsville respectively, along with the shooting which will be held in neighbouring Belmont.[12]
Athletes village[edit]
2018 Commonwealth Games Village
The 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village will provide accommodation and services to 6600 athletes and official in a purpose built 1252 permanent dwellings: 1170 one and two bedroom apartments and 82 three bedroom townhouses at Southport, Gold Coast.[13]
Transport[edit]
The Gold Coast light rail system, will directly connect a number of the key games venues including the Gold Coast City Aquatic Centre, Broadwater Parklands and the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre with the major accommodation centres of Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach and the proposed Athletes Village at Parklands. An extension to the system was announced in October 2015, connecting the current terminus at Gold Coast University Hospital to the railway line to Brisbane at Helensvale. The extension opened in December 2017 well before the games.[14]
Participating nations[edit]
There are 70 participating nations scheduled to compete at 2018 Commonwealth Games.[15] Maldives were scheduled to participate, but in October 2016, they withdrew from the Commonwealth.[16]
Nations expected to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast
[hide]Participating Commonwealth countries and territories
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia (host nation)
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Cameroon
Canada
Cayman Islands
Cook Islands
Cyprus
Dominica
England
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Ghana
Gibraltar
Grenada
Guernsey (33)
Guyana
India
Isle of Man (32)
Jamaica
Jersey (32)
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho
Malawi
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Montserrat
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
New Zealand
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Ireland (88)
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Rwanda
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Scotland
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tanzania
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu
Wales
Zambia
Sports[edit]
The current regulations state that from the 26 approved sports administered by Commonwealth Governing Bodies, a minimum of ten core sports and maximum of seventeen sports must be included in any Commonwealth Games schedule. The current approved sports include the 10 core sports: athletics, badminton, boxing, hockey, lawn bowls, netball (for women), rugby sevens, squash, swimming and weightlifting. Integrated disabled competitions are also scheduled for the Games in nine sports: swimming, athletics, cycling, table tennis, cycling, powerlifting and lawn bowls. Along these events for the first time EAD events in triathlon will be held, with the medals being added to the final tally for each nation. A record 38 para events will be contested at these games.[17] On 8 March 2016, Beach Volleyball was announced as the 18th sport.[18]
The program will be broadly similar to that of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, with the major changes being the dropping of judo, the reintroduction of basketball, the debut of women's rugby sevens and beach volleyball.[19]
On 7 October 2016, it was announced seven new events for women were added to the sport program, meaning there will be an equal number of events for men and women. This marks the first time in history that a major multi-sport event will have equality in terms of events. In total 275 events in 18 sports will be contested.[20][21]
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.
Aquatics
Diving (10) (details)
Swimming (50) (details)
Athletics (58) (details)
Badminton (6) (details)
Basketball (2) (details)
Beach volleyball (2) (details)
Boxing (16) (details)
Cycling (details)
Mountain biking (2)
Road (4)
Track (20)
Gymnastics (details)
Artistic Gymnastics (14)
Rhythmic Gymnastics (6)
Hockey (2) (details)
Lawn bowls (10) (details)
Netball (1) (details)
Rugby sevens (2) (details)
Shooting (19) (details)
Squash (5) (details)
Table tennis (9) (details)
Triathlon (5) (details)
Weightlifting (16) (details)
Powerlifting (4) (details)
Wrestling (12) (details)
Calendar[edit]
OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Gold medal events CC Closing ceremony
April
4
Wed
5
Thu
6
Fri
7
Sat
8
Sun
9
Mon
10
Tue
11
Wed
12
Thu
13
Fri
14
Sat
15
Sun
Gold medal events
Ceremonies (opening / closing) OC CC
Athletics 4 7 8 7 10 9 9 4 58
Badminton ● ● ● ● 1 ● ● ● ● ● 5 6
Basketball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
Beach volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Boxing ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 16 16
Cycling
Mountain biking 2 2
Road cycling 2 2 4
Track cycling 6 4 6 4 20
Diving 3 2 3 2 10
Gymnastics
Artistic 1 1 2 5 5 14
Rhythmic 1 1 4 6
Hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Lawn bowls ● ● ● 2 2 ● 1 2 3 10
Netball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
Powerlifting 4 4
Rugby sevens ● ● 2 2
Shooting 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 19
Squash ● ● ● ● 2 ● ● ● ● 1 2 5
Swimming 7 9 8 8 9 9 50
Table tennis ● ● ● 1 1 ● ● ● 1 4 2 9
Triathlon 2 3 5
Weightlifting 3 3 3 3 4 16
Wrestling 4 4 4 12
Total events 19 17 21 33 35 26 17 23 26 44 14 275
Cumulative total 19 36 57 90 125 151 168 191 217 261 275
April
4th
Wed
5th
Thu
6th
Fri
7th
Sat
8th
Sun
9th
Mon
10th
Tue
11th
Wed
12th
Thu
13th
Fri
14th
Sat
15th
Sun
Events
Marketing[edit]
Motto[edit]
The official motto for the 2018 Commonwealth Games is "Share the Dream". It was chosen to highlight the dreams and experience at the games that were shared by participants of the games, ranging from athletes to volunteers and the host country Australia to the world including the Commonwealth nations.[22]
Mascot[edit]
Borobi
Borobi was named as the mascot of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in 2016.[23] Borobi is a blue koala, with indigenous markings on its body. The term "borobi" is an Aboriginal term for koala.
Medals[edit]
At a charity gala held on November 4, 2017, the medals for the games were officially unveiled. Australian Indigenous artist Delvene Cockatoo-Collins designed the medals, while they were produced by the Royal Australian Mint. The design of the medals was inspired by the coastline of Gold Coast along with Indigenous culture.[24] Furthermore Cockatoo-Collins mentioned, "the medal design represents soft sand lines which shift with every tide and wave, also symbolic of athletic achievement, The continual change of tide represents the evolution in athletes who are making their mark, Records are made and special moments of elation are celebrated". Approximately 1,500 medals will be created to be distributed to the medalists and each measures approximately 63 millimeters in diameter. The medals weight between 138 and 163 grams.[25]
See also[edit]
2018 Asian Games
2019 Pan American Games
2019 European Games
2019 Pacific Games
References[edit]
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