India achieves another success in long jump at Commonwealth Games 2026 Murali Srisankar Winning a second consecutive silver medal, para-athlete Dilip Mahadu Gavit claimed gold in an Olympic record as the country’s boxers progressed to the semi-finals to secure 10 medals.With the addition of three more medals on Wednesday, India’s medal tally reached 15 – three gold, nine silver and three bronze – maintaining its eighth spot in the points table.
Sri Shankar wins another silver medal
Sreeshankar continued his impressive performance at the Commonwealth Games, winning the men’s long jump silver medal with a best time of 8.09m. He also finished second at the 2022 Olympics, becoming the first Indian to win back-to-back Commonwealth Games medals in the event.His first jump was 8.03m, ranking third behind Scotland’s Stephen McKenzie and Jamaica’s Tajay Gayle, both of whom jumped 8.08m.Sreeshankar briefly took the lead with a leap of 8.09m, but Gayle responded with a winning jump of 8.15m to take the gold. McKenzie won the bronze medal with a jump of 8.08m, while India’s Lokesh Sathyanathan finished fifth with a best jump of 7.97m.
Dileep and Basil make history in para athletics
India created history in para athletics by winning the men’s 100m T47 event with a score of one to two in which upper limb disabled athletes participated.Gavitt won the gold medal in an Olympic record time of 10.71 seconds. Mohammed Basil Morssinganakathi finished second and won the silver medal with a season’s best time of 10.83 seconds.This is India’s third gold medal after the Olympics To Mirabai Chen Winning the women’s 48kg weightlifting category, Sharmila Dhankar won the gold medal in the women’s shot put F57 event.
Indian boxers secure 10 medals
Indian boxers had another fantastic day with six more athletes reaching the semi-finals, taking the country’s guaranteed boxing medal tally to 10.Sakshi Chaudhary (51kg), Arundhati Choudhary (70kg), Sachin Siwach (60kg), Ankush Panghal (80kg), Narender Bevar Berwal) (+90kg) and world champion Jaismine Lamboria (57kg) advanced to the semi-finals. They join Lovrina Borgohain (75kg), Priya Ganjas (60kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg) and Jadumani Singh (55kg), who have already secured a semi-final spot.In the final match of the day, Jasmine defeated England’s Elise Green 4-1 in the women’s 57kg quarter-finals.This achievement has surpassed India’s boxing medal tally at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, when the Indian team won 7 medals. With all 10 boxers reaching the semi-finals, India is now guaranteed at least 10 bronze medals.
Hurdle runners advance to finals
There is also good news from India as Yashas Palaksha and Santhosh K Tamilarasan qualified for the men’s 400m hurdles final.Santosh finished third in the second round with a time of 49.51 seconds, while Yashas finished third in the first round with a time of 49.65 seconds. Both advanced as the fastest of the two non-automatic qualifiers.
Live events have mixed results
There was disappointment for Manpreet Singh, who finished fourth in the women’s shot put final with a best time of 17.49m, just shy of a medal.However, Tajinderpal Singh Toole and Samadip Singh Gill kept India’s hopes alive by qualifying for the men’s shot put final.Thor opened with a time of 19.93m and crossed the automatic qualifying line with a time of 20.14m. Gill’s best score was 19.95m, which was enough to rank among the top 12 runners.
Kujul advances to 200m semifinals
National record holder Animesh Kujur qualified for the men’s 200m semi-finals with his best performance of the season.The 23-year-old won the heat four in 20.46 seconds and finished seventh, easily advancing to the round of 16.
Lifting weights and swimming without success
Indian weightlifting suffered a setback when Sanjana failed to complete the women’s 77kg category.The swimming events were also disappointing, with Sajan Prakash and Aneesh S Gowda missing out on the men’s 200m freestyle final. Prakash finished 20th overall with a time of 1:51.99 and Anish finished 18th with a time of 1:51.64.
