Aditya Kaushik

Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 4 HIGHLIGHTS: Athletics- Shilpa wins golds, Sarvesh bags silver; Weightlifting- Gyaneshwari, Valluri win silver, Bindyarani secures bronze

Bindyarani's podium finish comes four years after she won silver in the women's 55kg event at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Gyaneshwari is now India's fourth medallist in the weightlifting event in Glasgow after Rishikanta Singh, Muthupandi Raja and Mirabai Chanu

Only four Indians have won a medal on their World Championships debut, i.e., Prakash Padukone (1983), PV Sindhu (2013), B Sai Praneeth (2019) and Lakshya Sen (2021)

Commonwealth Games 2026: India take their tally to 4 medals as weightlifters win big on Day 3 as Mirabai wins the 1st gold for India.

Rishikanta also broke the Commonwealth Games snatch record with a successful 121kg lift during the men's 60kg final

Jadumani will have the chance to move one win away from an assured medal if he gets the better of Pakistan's Sumama Rehman on Sunday

Anahat Singh became the first Indian to win the World Junior Squash Championships after defeating Egypt's Ruqayya Salem in straight games

Commonwealth Games 2026: India's Sachin Siwach opened India's campaign in boxing in dominant fashion to book his place in the Round of 16 of the men's 60kg event

India are currently ranked ninth in the medal tally standings, with just one bronze medal to their name

Despite competing in Group B with a lower lift record, Jhandu Kumar managed to tip the scales with his massive 190 kg lift in his second attempt to secure the medal

Shreyas Iyer, after a tough United Kingdom tour, will be hoping to secure his first series win as T20I skipper today in Harare

Commonwealth Games 2026: India's Srihari Natraj clocked 25.02 sec time in his men's 50m backstroke event and is now through to semifinals

Defending champions India receive quarterfinal byes in the men's event, while the women's tournament starts directly from the last eight

India had won 10 weightlifting medals at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, making the reduction in squad size a significant challenge for matching that return in 2026

With wrestling, shooting and badminton absent, India heads to Glasgow with its strongest-ever athletics squad, making track and field the country's biggest Commonwealth Games medal hope

The Commonwealth Games has often unveiled India's next sporting stars. Glasgow 2026 offers a new generation the chance to shine and make its mark on the global stage

Faced with financial constraints after taking over as the replacement host, Glasgow has reduced the 2026 Commonwealth Games to just 10 sports, leaving India with limited chances of winning medals

India has named a 120-member contingent for Glasgow 2026 across 13 disciplines. Athletics accounts for the largest representation, followed by boxing, judo and weightlifting

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