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After 24 years, Indian women win more gold medals than men

After 24 years, Indian women win more gold medals than men

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Indian women won eight gold medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, while the men won five. It is the first time since the 2002 Commonwealth Games that Indian women have won more gold medals than Indian men, reflecting the growing strength of Indian women in sport. The two-decade journey Indian women last outperformed their male counterparts in gold medals at the 2002 Games in Manchester, winning 16 gold medals compared to the men’s 14. Women weightlifters led the charts then for India, with gold medals being awarded for all three – snatch, clean and jerk, total lift. However, from Melbourne 2006 through Birmingham 2022, men led India’s gold medal tally at every edition until the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Year Gold Medals won by Indian women Gold Medals won by Indian men Gold won by Mixed Team 2026 8 5 0 2022 8 12 1 2018 12 13 1 2014 6 9 0 2010 13 25 0 2006 7 15 0 2002 16 14 0 The gap was at its widest in Delhi 2010, …

A deep dive into reasons behind India’s boxing success in Glasgow & if it can be replicated

A deep dive into reasons behind India’s boxing success in Glasgow & if it can be replicated

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India’s boxers walked out of the SEC Arena with ten medals – seven gold, three silver – obliterating the previous Commonwealth Games record of six golds set by England in 1934 and matched twice since. The Boxing Federation of India (BFI), Indian Olympic Association (IOA) will rightly celebrate. So will all ten medallists and fans. In an edition where the majority of their strong sports, including but not limited to shooting and wrestling were dropped from the Games roster, the boxers ensured India still finished in top five of the medal tally. While it is easy to celebrate the astounding performance of the boxing contingent, it is also important to ask, ‘How good was the field India actually beat?’ The honest answer is that it was good in patches but thin overall. Separating the genuine breakthroughs from the flattering arithmetic of a shallow draw is the only way to judge whether Glasgow was a launchpad to Los Angeles 2028 or a mirage built on a favourable bracket. The Field problem The truth is that the …

Record CWG boxing haul a stepping stone for tougher tests

Record CWG boxing haul a stepping stone for tougher tests

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New Delhi: Indian boxers capped their Glasgow Commonwealth Games campaign in style, winning seven gold and three silver medals on the penultimate day of competition. The gold rush sent India into top-five on the medals table, a no mean feat considering that most of country’s stronger sports — wrestling, shooting and badminton — were not in the scaled-down Games. India ended with 39 medals (13 gold, 17 silver, 9 bronze). India’s gold medal-winning women boxers pose at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games on Saturday. (PTI) With seven of the country’s 13 gold medals coming from the boxing ring, the magnitude of the haul can’t be stated enough. India’s gold count surpassed the previous best at CWG and went past England, who won six gold twice (London 1934, Gold Coast 2018), while Canada had matched that tally at Edinburgh 1986. While the overall tally in boxing rose only marginally, from nine medals in 2018 to 10 in 2026, the number of gold went from three to seven. Celebrate we must, but sweeping success like this runs the …

India finish fourth at Commonwealth Games 2026 after historic boxing campaign

India finish fourth at Commonwealth Games 2026 after historic boxing campaign

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India wrapped up its campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games with a fourth-place finish in the overall medal standings after a relatively quiet final day following Saturday’s record-breaking medal rush. Having added 16 medals on Day 10, including a historic 10-medal haul in boxing, five medals in athletics and one in judo, India entered the final day with 39 medals (13 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze). However, the contingent was unable to add to that tally on Sunday. The closest India came to another podium finish was in judo, where 19-year-old Ishroop Narang mounted an impressive comeback in the repechage to reach the women’s 78kg bronze medal bout. Earlier in the day, Ishroop had edged Scotland’s Nicole Wood with a Yuko in extra time to reach the quarter-finals before suffering an Ippon defeat to England’s former world medallist Emma Reid. She bounced back in the repechage, overturning an early deficit against Cameroon’s Georgika Moune with a decisive Waza-ari to book a place in the bronze medal contest. Facing Canada’s Coralie Godbout, Ishroop forced the …

India finish fourth at Commonwealth Games 2026 after historic boxing campaign

India strike seven boxing golds, Gulveer scripts history on sensational Day 10

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India produced one of its finest-ever days at the Commonwealth Games, collecting medals across boxing, athletics, para athletics and judo on Saturday, headlined by a record-breaking haul of seven boxing gold medals and Gulveer Singh’s historic distance-running double. The Indian boxing contingent rewrote history, finishing the Games with seven gold and three silver medals, making it the country’s most successful boxing campaign in Commonwealth Games history. The golden run began with Preeti Pawar (54kg), who outboxed Canada’s Scarlett Delgado to hand India its first boxing title of the day. She was quickly followed by reigning world champion Jaismine Lamboria (57kg), who upgraded her 2025 Commonwealth Championships bronze to Commonwealth Games gold after defeating Northern Ireland’s Michaela Walsh. The evening session proved even more rewarding. Sakshi Chaudhary (51kg) outclassed England’s Ruby White before Priya Ghanghas (60kg) edged Canada’s Marie Al-Ahmadieh in a thrilling split-decision contest. Arundhati Choudhary (70kg) then overcame England’s Chantelle Reid, while Sachin Siwach (60kg) became India’s first men’s boxing champion of the Games after rallying from a first-round deficit to beat Namibia’s Tryagain …

India win record seven golds as boxing campaign ends with 10 medals at Commonwealth Games

India win record seven golds as boxing campaign ends with 10 medals at Commonwealth Games

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India scripted history at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, producing its finest-ever boxing campaign by winning seven gold medals and three silvers from ten finals in Glasgow. Having already guaranteed themselves ten medals after every Indian boxer reached the final, the contingent surpassed the country’s previous best of three gold medals at a single edition of the Games, set at New Delhi 2010, Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022. The gold rush began with Preeti Pawar, who comfortably defeated Canada’s Scarlett Delgado by unanimous decision in the women’s 54kg final. Soon after, reigning world champion Jaismine Lamboria upgraded her 2022 Commonwealth Games bronze to gold, beating Northern Ireland’s Michaela Walsh with another unanimous verdict in the women’s 57kg final. In the men’s 55kg final, where Jadumani Singh settled for silver after losing unanimously to Australia’s Jye Dixon despite winning the opening round. The evening session belonged entirely to India. Sakshi Chaudhary claimed the women’s 51kg title with a composed unanimous decision victory over England’s Ruby White before Priya Ghanghas fought back from losing the opening round …

How Priyanka Chopra’s Mary Kom biopic inspired Pakistan’s 1st female CWG boxing medallist Fatima Zahra to pick up sport

How Priyanka Chopra’s Mary Kom biopic inspired Pakistan’s 1st female CWG boxing medallist Fatima Zahra to pick up sport

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India’s MC Mary Kom has inspired generations of homegrown boxers, but the six-time world champion’s influence has travelled well beyond the country’s borders, reaching Pakistan’s first female Commonwealth Games medallist, Fatima Zahra. It was after watching the film based on Mary Kom’s life, which starred Priyanka Chopra, that a 10-year-old Fatima decided to become a boxer. Pakistant’s first female boxer to win a CWG medal used to train while watching Priyanka Chopra’s Mary Kom biopic. How Priyanka Chopra’s Mary Kom inspired Fatima This week, the 22-year-old signed off with a historic bronze medal in the women’s 60kg event at the Glasgow Games. This is the first medal in boxing at the Commonwealth Games by a Pakistani woman. Growing up in Sargodha in Pakistan’s Punjab province, Fatima had few female boxing role models to look up to in her own country. She instead found one across the border in Mary Kom. “I am inspired by India’s Mary Kom,” Fatima told PTI after securing her bronze medal. For Fatima, it was not just Mary Kom’s achievements but …

10 Indian boxers reach final

10 Indian boxers reach final

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All the ten Indian boxers in the semi-finals took a step further at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, reaching the gold medal bout on Friday. Preeti Pawar started the run with her unanimous decision win in women’s 54kg in the first Indian bout of the day. Ankush Panghal, in men’s 80kg, joined her an hour later in the same way. In the second session of the day, Jaismine Lamboria (women’s 57kg), Arundhati Choudhary (women’s 70kg), and Jadumani Singh (men’s 55kg) all won their respective bout. In the final boxing session of the day, Sakshi Chaudhary (women’s 51kg) made quick work of Canada’s Amber-Jane Wall while Sachin Siwach (men’s 60kg), Lovlina Borgohain (women’s 75kg), and Narender Berwal (men’s +90kg) all followed suit. The biggest scare of the day was, however, reserved for Preeti Ghanghas in women’s 60kg. She won the first round against England’s Lucy Kings-Wheatly 4-1, before the opponent returned the favour. With things stacked against her, Ghanghas fought back to win the third round and the bout unanimously. India had sent a 14-boxer …

Arundhati hands Welsh boxing icon Rosie Eccles fiery farewell to make 70kg final

Arundhati hands Welsh boxing icon Rosie Eccles fiery farewell to make 70kg final

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5 min readJul 31, 2026 10:44 PM IST The Glasgow crowd booed as Arundhati Chaudhary walked out onto the ring at the SEC centre. At a boxing programme where Indians have enjoyed the lack of competition that they face even at the usual Commonwealth level, this was going to be a tough one. Standing in front of India’s 70kg entrant was the winner of the previous edition. Rosie Eccles walked out bearing the Welsh flag at the beginning of the Commonwealth Games. Having announced her retirement before the tournament, the Welsh flag bearer had plans to repeat her gold from Birmingham and walk off into the sunset. Evidently the Glasgow crowd that had come to watch the semi-final bouts wanted the same. Choudhary brushed aside their plans with a smile. The boxer from Kota, Rajasthan – who has been a part of the Indian team for a fair few tournaments now, defeated her opponent in one of the toughest bouts an Indian has had to face at the Commonwealth Games ‘Lite’. Right from the first …

Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 LIVE: Neeraj Chopra eyes javelin gold, boxers target finals – Blog, updates

Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 LIVE: Neeraj Chopra eyes javelin gold, boxers target finals – Blog, updates

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After another successful outing that saw Lovepreet Singh and Seema Kaliramna add silver and bronze, respectively, to India’s medal tally, the country’s athletes return for a crucial Day 9 at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow. The spotlight will be on Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, who takes centre stage in the men’s javelin throw final. Joining him will be compatriots Rohit Yadav and Yashvir Singh, as India eyes multiple medals. The boxing ring promises another busy day with ten Indian pugilists just one win away from the gold medal bouts. Lovlina Borgohain, Preeti Pawar, Jaismine Lamboria, Arundhati Chaudhary, Sakshi Chaudhary, Priya Ghanghas, Jadumani Singh, Sachin Siwach, Ankush Panghal, and Narender Berwal will all be in semi-final action. India will also look to make an impact in judo, with Harsh Singh, Shraddha Chopade, Rohit Majgul, Asmita Dey, and Yamini Maurya beginning their campaigns, while medal bouts are scheduled later in the evening. In athletics, Tejaswin Shankar continues his decathlon campaign with five events on the schedule, including the 110m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw …