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Made in Glasgow: a summer of sporting and culture success
Commonwealth Games in 2014. Organisers of the inaugural European Championships in August said over 360,000 people attended an event, with 140,000 tickets sold and 220,000 participating in free sport and activities. The games were the first of their kind with sporting events jointly hosted by Glasgow and Berlin. Over the 10-day schedule Scotland welcomed more than 3,000 athletes, who competed in diving, swimming, open-water swimming, synchronised swimming, road cycling, track cycling, BMX, mountain biking, golf team championships, gymnastics, rowing and triathlon. The events spanned 12 venues, including the SSE Hydro for artistic gymnastics, Loch Lomond National
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superlative summer of sport in Glasgow galvanised the city and rekindled memories of the fabulous
Dr Stacey Hunter, left, Design Curator, Made in Glasgow by Local Heroes and Susan McKay, Commercial Director, Glasgow Chamber Commerce
Park for open-water swimming and Strathclyde Country Park for rowing and triathlon. The golfing tournament was held at Gleneagles.
Alongside the sporting schedule, George Square hosted Festival 2018,
a cultural programme that attracted tens of thousands of people and included a mass karaoke and ceilidh events, and an orchestral concert. Part of the celebrations included the Made in Glasgow by Local Heroes pop-up store, in partnership with Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and supported by the City Council. The store in 58 Albion Street featured design work from Mhari McMullan, Laura Spring, Paulin, Ruth Mitchell, Scott Crawford, SOLAS, Soizig Carey and Trakke. Among the hundreds of visitors and shoppers was Councillor David McDonald, the Deputy Leader of the City Council. Several items were sold out including the Love & Squalor/Alice Dansey- Wright’s new Glasgow raincoats. Team GB finished in second place in the games medal table, behind Russia, with four Glaswegian athletes among the medallists. Laura Muir took gold in Berlin for the 1500m, Duncan
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