User:Vibhijain/Bahamas at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

Bahamas competed in the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games held in the British Crown Dependency of Isle of Man from 7 to 13 September 2011. This participation marked their second Commonwealth Youth Games appearance. The delegation of Bangladesh consisted of eight competitors (six men and two women) participating in three different sports— athletics and cycling. There was a decline in the number of athletes from the nation's last appearance at the Games, when ten athletes were sent to the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune. None of the athletes won any medals. Higgs ranked fifth overall in the semifinal round for 100m Women race; Adderley ranked fourth overall in the semifinal round for 200m Men race; Munroe ranked fifth overall in the semifinal round for 400m Men race.

Background
The Bahamas became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1973, however it had already debuted at that time in the Commonwealth Games in 1954 in Vancouver, Canada. Bahamas did not participate in first two—2000 Edinburgh and 2004 Bendigo—Commonwealth Youth Games. It entered ten athletes, six men and four women, in the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India, competed in athletics, bowing, swimming and tennis; it failed to won any medal. Bahamas was one of the 63 nations that participated in the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games held in the British Crown Dependency of Isle of Man from 7 to 13 September 2011, making its second Commonwealth Youth Games appearance. Bahamas finished last in the medal table, in 23rd, with no medals, sharing the position with thirty one other Commonwealth Games Associations.