Commonwealth Games Begin

Published July 23, 2014 at 12:55 PM CDT

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An athlete trains at Hampden Park, venue for the track and field athletics ahead of the Commonwealth Games on July 23, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Only A Game‘s Doug Tribou is in Scotland for start of the Commonwealth Games, an event that takes place every four years.

About 4,500 athletes from 71 nations and territories will fiercely compete for medals in 17 sports. The competition seeks to unify the Commonwealth countries through sport, and runs through August 3rd.

Tribou joins Here & Now’s Meghna Chakrabarti with a preview of the games being held in Glasgow.

See Doug Tribou’s reporter notebook on the Commonwealth Games

Guest

Doug Tribou, reporter and producer for Only A Game at WBUR. He tweets @DougTribou.