India Secures 12 Medals at Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow
With a total of two gold, seven silver, and three bronze medals so far, Indian athletes have achieved notable podium finishes including historic para athletics success.
India added two more medals to its tally on Day 6 of the Commonwealth Games 2026, with Shilpa Kanchugarakoppalu Shyla securing a bronze in the women's shot put F57 para athletics event and Sarvesh Kushare claiming silver in the men's high jump. These results continue the country's steady accumulation of podium finishes across both para and able-bodied track and field disciplines at the Games.
India added two medals to its tally on the sixth day of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with Shilpa Kanchugarakoppalu Shyla claiming bronze in the women’s shot put F57 para athletics event and Sarvesh Kushare securing silver in the men’s high jump. The results pushed the country’s overall haul to 12 medals — two gold, seven silver and three bronze — since the Games opened on July 23 (The Hindu).
Kushare’s silver came in a high-quality final where he and gold medallist Romaine Beckford both cleared 2.25m. The Jamaican took the title on countback, having required fewer attempts at the height (Google News India). In the para shot put, Sharmila Dhankar had earlier thrown a season-best 9.81m to become the first Indian to win a Commonwealth Games gold in para athletics. Shyla initially appeared to have missed the podium, but a post-event review invalidated the only legal throw of Nigeria’s Eucharia Njideka Iyiazi, elevating the Indian to bronze (Google News India).
The day’s other medals arrived in weightlifting and on the track. Harjinder Kaur lifted a personal-best total of 227kg — 101kg in the snatch and 126kg in the clean and jerk — to win silver in the women’s 69kg category, breaking the Games records in both lifts before finishing behind Canada’s Charlotte Simoneau (Google News India). Later, Gulveer Singh ran 27:49.78 to take silver in the men’s 10,000m, outsprinting the field on the final lap at Scotstoun Stadium despite persistent rain that had earlier disrupted the women’s high jump final, where Pooja failed to clear 1.82m when competition resumed (Google News India).
Weightlifting has remained India’s most productive sport. Mirabai Chanu opened the account with gold in the women’s 48kg, while Rishikanta Singh (60kg), Raja Muthupandi (65kg), Valluri Ajaya Babu (79kg) and Gyaneshwari Yadav (53kg) have all claimed silver. Bindyarani Devi added a bronze in the 58kg division (The Hindu). Jhandu Kumar had started the medal run with a bronze in para powerlifting (The Hindu).
The boxing contingent also advanced on Day 6. Priya Ghanghas recovered to beat Scotland’s Niamh Mitchell in the women’s 60kg quarterfinal, while Preeti Pawar and Jadumani Singh Mandengbam won their respective 54kg and 55kg last-eight bouts. All three are now assured of at least bronze medals (Google News India). Nirupama Devi’s campaign in the women’s 63kg weightlifting ended in disappointment after she failed to register a valid clean and jerk attempt (Google News India).
Attention now turns to Day 7, which carries 10 medal events featuring Indian athletes across athletics, para athletics, weightlifting, swimming and para swimming. Sanjana will contest the women’s 77kg weightlifting final at 2:00 PM IST. In athletics, Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Samardeep Singh Gill begin men’s shot put qualification at 3:35 PM, while Animesh Kujur runs the 200m heats at 4:02 PM. The evening session brings the men’s long jump final with M. Sreeshankar and Lokesh Sathyanathan at 11:54 PM, followed by the women’s shot put final (Manpreet Kaur) at 12:31 AM and the women’s 3000m steeplechase final (Parul Chaudhary) at 2:05 AM (The Hindu).
Para athletics finals include the men’s discus throw F42-44/F61-64 (Devender Kumar, Sagar Thayat) at 12:55 AM and the men’s 100m T47 (Mohammed Basil Morssinganakath, Dilip Mahadu Gavit) at 1:42 AM. In the pool, Sajan Prakash and Aneesh S. Gowda swim the 200m freestyle heats at 3:12 PM with the final at 11:51 PM, while Suyash Jadhav and Chaitanya Kulkarni contest the 50m freestyle S7 heats at 3:44 PM and a potential final at 12:46 AM. Aryan Nehra features in the men’s 1500m freestyle fastest heat at 1:14 AM (The Hindu).
Six Indian boxers enter quarterfinal action on Wednesday, each a win away from a guaranteed medal. Sakshi Chaudhary (51kg), Arundhati Choudhary (70kg), Sachin Siwach (60kg), Ankush Panghal (80kg), Narender Berwal (90+kg) and Jaismine Lamboria (57kg) all fight between 4:45 PM and 11:00 PM IST (The Hindu). India’s 123-athlete squad across 13 sports is smaller than the 2022 Birmingham contingent, reflecting a reduced Games programme that omitted several disciplines where the country previously excelled (Google News India).
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