Catch all the live updates of Day 5 of the Commonwealth Games from Glasgow. (FILE photo)After an encouraging day 4 at the Commonwealth Games, India will look to add to their medal tally on Monday. The action-packed day will start with athletes Sarvesh Kushare, Tejaswin Shankar, Murali Sreeshankar, Tejas Shirse, and Gurindervir Singh competing
Weightlifters will display their skills later in the day. Gyaneshwari Yadav, Bindyarani Devi, and Ajaya Babu will compete. Boxing, swimming, artistic gymnastics, lawn bowls, para athletics and wheelchair basketball are also part of India’s busy schedule today.
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Mirabai Chanu smashed the Commonwealth Games record on Sunday and won the gold medal (India’s first at Glasgow 2026) in the women’s 48kg weightlifting event. Rishikanta Singh Chanambam claimed a silver medal in the men’s 60kg weightlifting event, which was India’s second medal at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
Here are India’s four medallists so far:
- Mirabai Chanu, weightlifting gold
- Rishikanta Singh Chananbam, weightlifting silver
- Raja Muthupandi, weightlifting silver
- Jhandu Kumar, para powerlifting bronze
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Mirabai Chanu wins CWG gold: How lifter’s relationship with the Games evolved
Mirabai Chanu on the podium at the medal ceremony after she won her third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold (PTI Photo)
Twelve years after making her major debut at Glasgow’s SEC Arena as a 20-year-old, Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu returned to the same venue to claim her fourth consecutive Commonwealth Games medal and complete a golden hat-trick. Despite a tense start with missed first attempts in both the snatch and clean & jerk, she quickly regained her composure to comfortably cement her reign over the 48kg category. (Read more from Mihir Vasavda)
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