India’s Mirabai Chanu wins gold medal within the ladies’s 48kg Remaining weightlifting competitors on the twenty third Commonwealth Video games, in Glasgow, Scotland, Sunday, July 26, 2026. She clinched her third successive Commonwealth Video games gold medal within the ladies’s 48kg class.
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India’s marketing campaign on the twenty third Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games is off to a flying begin, with the nation presently holding eighth place within the medal tally after securing 4 medals: two gold, 5 silver, and three bronze.
Main a 122-member contingent throughout eight able-bodied (athletics, creative gymnastics, bowls, boxing, judo, swimming, observe biking, weightlifting) and 5 built-in para-sports classes (para athletics, para powerlifting, para swimming, para observe biking and 3×3 wheelchair basketball), Indian athletes are already making their mark in Scotland. The nation sits simply behind Malaysia within the total standings as competitors continues.
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu secured India’s first gold medal in Glasgow by successful the 48 kg occasion. In the meantime, Rishikanta Singh won India’s first able-bodied medal with a silver within the Males’s 60 kg weightlifting class, and Raja Muthupandi adopted up with a second silver within the Males’s 65 kg weightlifting occasion.
Para-powerlifter Jhandu Kumar formally opened India’s medal account on Friday (July 24) by capturing a bronze medal within the Males’s para-powerlifting division. India gained its second bronze when Bindyarani Devi completed third within the ultimate of the ladies’s 58 kg weightlifting occasion.
The 2026 Commonwealth Video games in Glasgow are presently underway from July 23 to August 2.
Commonwealth Video games 2026 medal tally
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Complete |
| 1 | Australia | 26 | 13 | 20 | 59 |
| 2 | England | 8 | 13 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Canada | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Scotland | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | South Africa | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | India | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Jamaica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Kenya | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
CWG 2026: India’s medal desk by sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Complete |
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Para Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Para powerlifting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Complete | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
(Final up to date at 11:00 a.m. IST, July 28)
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