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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, …

Which states won India’s Commonwealth Games 2026 medals?

Which states won India’s Commonwealth Games 2026 medals?

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The Indian contingent recorded a historic campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, finishing with 39 medals, 13 gold, 17 silver and nine bronze. India finished fourth in the medal standings, edging Scotland on the strength of its silver medal count after both nations finished with 13 gold medals. India won 17 silvers, nine more than Scotland, to secure fourth place. The 122-member Indian contingent competed across all 10 sports on the reduced Glasgow 2026 programme. Athletics and boxing emerged as India’s most successful disciplines with 10 medals each, followed by weightlifting with eight medals. The 2026 edition also witnessed several landmark achievements. Birmingham 2022 champion Mirabai Chanu successfully defended her title to become only the second Indian to win three successive Commonwealth Games gold medals. Boxer Jaismine Lamboria and shot putter Sharmila Dhankar emerged as new Commonwealth champions, while Asmita Dey became India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games judo gold medallist alongside fellow judoka Harsh Tokas, who also won gold on the same day. The Bridge analysed where India’s Commonwealth Games medals came from, and here are …

India boxers at Commonwealth Games LIVE

India boxers at Commonwealth Games LIVE

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2 min readJul 31, 2026 04:58 PM IST Preeti Pawar was the first Indian boxer in action on Friday, who sailed into the Commonwealth Games final by out-punching Zambia’s Catherine Mwape in the last-four stage. She was followed by Ankush Panghal who got the better of Canada’s Joshua Ofori. India still has a lot more boxers to come on the day, expected to either sail into the final or finish with a bronze. Jaismine Lamboria will take on Lesotho’s Rapelang Maselela in women’s 57kg semifinal, followed by Arundhati Choudhary who will face Wales’ Rosie Eccles in the women’s 70kg semifinal. Jadumani Singh will next be in action against Namibia’s Philip Pumulo Mutakela Haoseb in the men’s 55kg semifinal while Sakshi Choudhary will clash with Canada’s Amber-Jane Wall in the women’s 51kg semifinal. Priya Ghangas and Lovlina Borgohain will be in action next against Lucy Kings-Wheatley and Tarona Khanum Badi Pasoni Taafaki in their respective semis. The day will end with Sachin Siwach vs Owain Harris-Allan in the men’s 60kg semifinal and Narender Berwal vs Nigel …

Squash won’t just win India medals; it will set a benchmark

Squash won’t just win India medals; it will set a benchmark

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The Commonwealth Games are underway, and over the last few weeks, as the multi-sport event gathered momentum amid the political unrest in our country, I’ve been asked the same questions repeatedly: How’s the preparation going? When do you fly to Glasgow? Shouldn’t you already be there? There’s nothing wrong with those questions, but they sting a little. While I’m excited to watch some non-cricket sport unfold finally, I can’t help but feel the disappointment of not having my sport in the mix this time around. In Indian sport, there are two major multi-sport cycles: the Asian Games/Commonwealth Games cycle and the Olympic cycle. Each comes around once every four years. How squash got squeezed out The Commonwealth Games Federation hasn’t been particularly vocal about it, but Glasgow 2026 was never meant to host these Games. Victoria, Australia, was originally awarded the event before pulling out in 2023 over spiralling costs. Malaysia was next in line but also declined, leaving Glasgow to step in and salvage the edition. To make the financial package work, organisers trimmed …

Commonwealth Games LIVE Day 7, India Schedule, Medal Events July 29: Full CWG 2026 Updates

Commonwealth Games LIVE Day 7, India Schedule, Medal Events July 29: Full CWG 2026 Updates

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Follow live updates of Indians in action at the Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 7 taking place in Glasgow on Wednesday. (AP) After a productive Day 6 that added two silver medals to India’s tally, the Indian contingent will be aiming for another strong showing on Day 7 of the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow on Wednesday. The day offers multiple podium opportunities across athletics, weightlifting, para sports, and swimming. COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2026 MEDAL TALLY LIVE UPDATES India’s medal hopes will be spearheaded by 2022 silver medallist Murali Sreeshankar in the men’s long jump final alongside Lokesh Satyanathan, while Parul Chaudhary lines up in the women’s 3000m steeplechase final. Sanjana will compete in the women’s 77kg weightlifting final, while Manpreet Kaur features in the women’s shot put final later in the evening. Story continues below this ad The boxing ring will see six Indian pugilists – Sakshi Choudhary, Arundhati Choudhary, Sachin Siwach, Ankush Yadav, Narender Berwal, and Jaismine Lamboria – fight for semifinal spots, with a win guaranteeing them at least a bronze medal. India also …

Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live Updates, India Schedule, Medal Events July 28: Full CWG 2026 Updates

Commonwealth Games Day 6 Live Updates, India Schedule, Medal Events July 28: Full CWG 2026 Updates

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Follow live updates of Indians in action at the Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 6 taking place in Glasgow. (AP) Day 6 of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow promises another action-packed day for the Indian contingent. Following a brilliant Monday where the team clinched six medals, including Sharmila Dhankar’s historic gold in para-athletics, the focus is now on building on that momentum across multiple disciplines. COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2026 MEDAL TALLY LIVE UPDATES India’s best medal prospects on Tuesday will come from the weightlifting arena, where Nirupama Devi Seram and Harjinder Kaur will compete for gold in the women’s 63kg and 69kg finals, respectively. The athletics track also offers two medal opportunities, Pooja Singh in the women’s high jump final, and Asian champion Gulveer Singh aiming for a maiden Games medal in the men’s 10,000m final. Story continues below this ad The boxing ring will be the busiest venue for India, with five pugilists – Preeti Pawar, Priya Ghanghas, Parveen Hooda, Jadumani Singh, and Kapil Pokhariya – all competing in quarterfinal bouts. A win for any of …

how one family turned hell into a Commonwealth gold medal

how one family turned hell into a Commonwealth gold medal

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5 min readUpdated: Jul 28, 2026 02:41 PM IST Sharmila Dhankar still remembers the day in 2012 when her then husband, a drug addict, stripped her naked and threw her, and her two young daughters, out of their home in Gurkawas village, Rewari. Neighbours wrapped her in a quilt. Her parents, Jai Lal and Santosh, took her back to their village, Chithhrauli, in Mahendragarh. That was the last of it. On Monday night in Glasgow, the 40-year-old won India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in para athletics, a season-best throw of 9.81m in the women’s shot put F57 final, ending a 20-year wait for the country in the discipline. She called her mother, her daughters, and her husband Ajit Singh to celebrate. “Mere ko nangi kar ke meri betiyon ke sath sadak pe faink diya tha mere pehle husband ne. (My first husband stripped me naked and threw me and my daughters out of the house.) My neighbours wrapped me in a quilt and my parents took us away. I was married at 19; he …

Could Protistha Samanta have scored high with low-difficulty vaults in the final

Could Protistha Samanta have scored high with low-difficulty vaults in the final

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4 min readMumbaiJul 27, 2026 11:20 PM IST Protistha Samanta could not be faulted for how she performed in the CWG Artistic Gymnastics Vault final. On her two attempts with Difficulty values (D Score) of 4.4 and 4.0, the Indian finished with an average of 12.833. She had started 7th out of 8 gymnasts. She finished 7th, albeit Apparatus Finals tend to be scrutinised more than Qualification rounds by judges, and she scored lower than her Q score of 13.025. That incidentally was her career-best. So why was she never in medal contention? The gold went to Canadian sensation Lia Monica Fontaine. Avg score: 14.000. Lia’s vaults carried a starting Difficulty value of 5.0 and 4.8. Should she pull off a decent execution, 9.8 points were assured as D-Score. Protistha, on the other hand, was working with an 8.4 start, a full point less than the gold medallist. “Let’s be very clear. For her Difficulty levels, Protistha did extremely well to reach the final,” says former CWG medallist Ashish Kumar. “Even in the final, where …

Sachin Siwach fails to impress but advances to the quarterfinals

Sachin Siwach fails to impress but advances to the quarterfinals

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3 min readJul 27, 2026 10:34 PM IST In the end, even the judges deducting a point from Sachin Siwach was not enough to stop the Mithathal-born boxer from getting his hand raised. Siwach, a former junior world champion, defeated William Hewitt 4-1 on the judges’ scorecard to charge into the quarterfinals of the Commonwealth Games on Monday, in Glasgow. The 60kg boxer is now one match away from assuring himself of a bronze medal and has to face Botswana’s Treasure Moremi in the quarterfinals. Siwach got a belting in the opening round to start his Round of 16. The Indian’s lack of combinations beyond a two-shot strategy was exposed as Hewitt unleashed a barrage of rights with pace and venom. Stung by the offense of the English boxer, Siwach found some success with some wild left hooks, but nowhere near to deserve four of the five judges giving him the first round. Despite the scorecards in his favour, Sachin’s obvious disadvantage in that style of fighting was immediately rectified by the Indian coaches, who …

Gold, silver and the strength to endure – Behind India’s weightlifting medals

Gold, silver and the strength to endure – Behind India’s weightlifting medals

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There are numbers that tell a story, and then there are stories that make the numbers matter. On Sunday at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, India added three more medals to its weightlifting tally. Mirabai Chanu once again stood atop the podium, winning a record-breaking gold in the women’s 48kg category. A few hours later, Chanambam Rishikanta Singh and Muthupandi Raja added silver medals in the men’s 60kg and 65kg events respectively. The medal count will be remembered. But what made the day special was that the three podium finishes represented three very different battles that had been fought long before the athletes walked onto the competition platform. Mirabai has spent over a decade carrying the weight of expectation. Every time she competes, the question is not whether she will medal, but whether she will dominate. Since becoming India’s first Olympic silver medallist in weightlifting, the Manipuri has lived under the constant pressure of remaining the country’s standard-bearer, returning from injuries time and again to prove she still belongs at the summit. In Glasgow, she …