India will look to add to its medal tally on Day 7 of the 2026 Commonwealth Games as several top athletes will take center stage in weightlifting, athletics, boxing, swimming, para sports and bowls on Wednesday, July 29.On the day, Sanjana will compete in the women’s 77kg weightlifting final as the Indian team hopes to reach the podium again after their recent success in the sport.In athletics, Sreeshankar Murali and Lokesh Satyanathan will compete for medals in the men’s long jump final, while Parul Choudhary will compete in the women’s 3000m steeplechase final. India’s challenge also includes Manpreet Kaur in the women’s shot put final and para-athletes Devender Kumar and Sagar Thayat in the men’s discus final.The boxing team has a packed schedule with five Indian boxers aiming to secure a semi-final spot and ensure themselves a medal. Sakshi Choudhary, Arundhati Choudhary, Sachin Siwach, Ankush Yadav, Narender Berwal and later Jaismine Lamboria will all play in the quarter-finals.In the pool, Sajan Prakash and Aneesh S Gowda began the men’s 200m freestyle warm-up and later in the evening battled for a spot in the final. Srihari Nataraj will not compete but Aryan Nehra will directly compete in the men’s 1500m freestyle final, while para swimmers Suyash Narayan Jadhav and Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni will try to qualify for the men’s 50m freestyle S7 final.India will also take part in lawn bowls, with Dinesh Kumar and Navneet Singh taking on Namibia in the men’s doubles regional, while Nayanmoni Saikia will continue her women’s singles campaign against the Isle of Man’s Caroline Whitehead.
India Schedule – Wednesday, July 29 | CWG 2026
| Time (standard time) | sporty | athlete | event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:00 pm | weightlifting | fantastic | Women’s 77kg final (medal event) |
| 3:12 pm | swim | Sajan Prakash, Anish S. Gowda | Men’s 200m freestyle preliminaries |
| 3:35pm | sports | Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Samadip Singh Gill | Men’s shot put qualifying round |
| 3:44 pm | Disabled Swimming | Suryash Narayan Jadhav, Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni | Men’s 50m Freestyle S7 Preliminaries |
| 4:02 pm | sports | Animesh Kujur | Men’s 200m preliminaries |
| 4:45 pm | boxing | Sakshi Chowdhury | Women’s 51kg quarter-finals vs Caitlin Fryers (Northern Ireland) |
| 5:30 pm | boxing | Arundhati Chowdhury | Women’s 70kg Quarterfinals vs Morgan Henderson (New Zealand) |
| 6:15 pm | boxing | Sachin Shivaji | Men’s 60kg quarter-finals vs Treasure Moremi (Botswana) |
| 7:00 pm | boxing | Ankush Yadav | Men’s 80kg quarter-finals vs Jed Mickock (Seychelles) |
| 7:30pm | boxing | Narender Bevar | Men’s Over 90kg Quarterfinals vs Michael Seko (Samoa) |
| 8:55pm | lawn bowls | Dinesh Kumar, Navneet Singh | Men’s Pairs Group Match vs Namibia |
| 11:00 pm | boxing | jasmine lamblia | Women’s 57kg quarter-finals vs Elise Green (England) |
| 11:51 pm* | swim | Sajan Prakash, Anish S. Gowda | Men’s 200m freestyle final (Medal event, if eligible) |
| 11:54 pm | sports | Srishankar Murali, Lokesh Satyanathan | Men’s long jump final (medal event) |
| 12:03 am* | sports | Yashas Paraksha, Santosh Kumar Tamilasan | Men’s 400m hurdles preliminaries |
| 12:31 am* | sports | Manpreet Kaur | Women’s shot put final (medal event) |
| 12:46 am* | Disabled Swimming | Suryash Narayan Jadhav, Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni | Men’s 50m freestyle S7 final (Medal event, if eligible) |
| 12:55 noon* | Disabled athletics | Devinder Kumar, Sagar Tayat | Men’s Discus F42-44/F61-64 Final (medal event) |
| 1:10 am* | lawn bowls | Nayanmoni Saikia | Women’s Singles Group Stage vs Caroline Whitehead (Isle of Man) |
| 1:14 am* | swim | Aryan Nehra | Men’s 1500m freestyle final (medal event) |
| 1:42 am* | Disabled athletics | Mohammad Basil M, Dilip Mahadou Gavit | Men’s 100m T47 Final (medal event) |
| 2:05 am* | sports | Parul Chowdhury | Women’s 3000m steeplechase final (medal event) |
*Event scheduled after midnight (early morning of July 30th, US Standard Time).
