How India fared at the 2026 Commonwealth Games

India concluded its campaign in the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland, with many stellar performances and an impressive tally of medals. India’s performance in various games, including athletics, boxing, para sports, and judo, bore testimony to India’s slow but steady growth in various sports. India emerged as one of the leading nations in the games as the Indian contingent finished in fourth position in the current tally of medals. India has won a total of 39 medals: 13 gold, 17 silver, and 9 bronze. Day 9 of the games was marked by some peak performances, which added 16 medals to India’s tally. The medals, which included eight golds, pushed the country up to the fourth position from tenth. Image via ChatGPT Weightlifting India’s first gold medal came in weightlifting. Mirabai Chanu won the gold, her third consecutive at the CWG, in the women’s 48kg category. She set a Games record with a 190kg total (85kg snatch, 105kg clean & jerk). In the men’s 60 kg category, Rishikanta Singh bagged a silver, while Lovepreet Singh secured a silver medal in the men’s +110 kg category. Besides, Valluri Ajaya Babu won a silver in the men’s 79 kg event, and Gyaneshwari Yadav and Bindryarani Devi won a silver in the women’s 53 kg category and a bronze in the women’s 58 kg event. The Indian weightlifting contingent brought a total of 8 medals home. Boxing India’s boxers stole the show by clinching the highest number of gold medals across all the categories. Indian boxers won a total of 10 medals, including 7 gold and 3 silver, marking the most successful boxing performance by any nation in a single Commonwealth Games edition. Sakshi Chaudhary (women’s 51kg), Preeti (women’s 54kg), Jaismine Lamboria (women’s 57kg), Priya (women’s 60kg), Arundhati Choudhary (women’s 70kg), Sachin Siwach (men’s 60kg), and Ankush Panghal (men’s 80kg) won gold medals in their respective categories. On the other hand, Jadumani Singh (Men’s 55kg), Lovlina Borgohain (Women’s 75kg), and Narender Berwal (Men’s 90+kg) bagged silver medals. Para sports India sent a 28-member para sports contingent to Glasgow, which delivered their best-ever performance with a historic seven-medal haul (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze). Since the introduction of para sports in Commonwealth Games in 2022, this has been India’s best performance in para sports so far. India had won 7 medals in all the previous editions combined while it bagged the same numbers in this edition alone of para sports at CWG. The performances of para athletes represent a major a significant and unprecedented moment in India para-sports. Among the medal-winning para athletes, Dilip Gavit (Men’s 100m T47), Sharmila Dhankar (Women’s Shot Put F57), and Soman Rana (Men’s Shot Put F57) won gold medals while Shubham Juyal (Men’s Shot Put F57) and Mohammad Basil (Men’s 100m T47) won silver medals. In addition to that, Shilpa K. Shyla (Women’s Shot Put F57) and Jhandu Kumar (Para Powerlifting) bagged a bronze each. Judo Indian Judokas scripted history at Glasgow 2026 by bagging 2 unprecendented gold medals. Asmita Dey won a gold in women’s 48kg event, becoming the first Indian Judoka to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal. Harsh Singh also clinched a gold in men’s 60kg category following Dey. Judoka Yamini Mourya bagged a silver in the women’s 57kg and Unnati Sharma won a bronze medal in the women’s 63kg category. Athletics and other disciplines India sent 32 members in its athletics squad to Glasgow 2026, comprising 22 men and 10 women, along with an 11-member para athletics contigent. Indian athletes delievered many remarkable performances at CWG 2026, highlighting India upward rising trajectory in sports. Olympic and world champion compete Neeraj Chopra bagged a silver while debutant Yash Vir Singh won a bronze in men’s javelin throw. Sarvesh Kushare captured India’s first CWG men’s high jump silver with a 2.25m clearance. In track and field, long-distance runner and Asian champion Gulveer Singh won a bronze in the men’s 5,000m after claiming silver in the 10,000 m. He became the first Indian track and field athlete to win two medals in a single edition of the Games and the first Indian to claim a Commonwealth medal in the 5,000 metres. Sarvesh Kushare captured India’s first CWG men’s high jump silver with a 2.25m clearance. Among other Indian athletes who won medals at the Games are- Murali Sreeshankar (Men’s long jump, silver), Praveen Chithravel (Men’s triple jump, silver), Selva Prabhu Thirumaran (Men’s triple jump, bronze), Seema Kaliramna (Women’s discus throw, bronze), and Tejaswin Shankar (Decathlon, bronze). India’s Commonwealth Games trajectory Since the inception of the Commonwealth Games in 1930, India has taken part in all its editions except in 1930, 1950, 1962 and 1986. Intesrestingly, India’s first even gold medal in Commonwealth Games was won by the late legendary sprinter Milkha Singh in the 440-yard race at Cardiff in 1958. India hosted the 2010 edition of the Commonwealth Games. The country was able to cross 100-medal mark only once, when its totally medal tally reached 101 at the 2010 Games. Even though India has not been able to repeat its stellar performance, it gave its second best performace with a total of 69 medals in 2002 Games in Manchester. India’s current performance in Glasgow has formed a solid foundation for building a stronger contingent of players for the 2030 Commonwealth Games, which India will be hosting.