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Wednesday was a day full of achievements for India in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026. In athletics, India’s star long jumper Murali Sreeshankar won the silver medal for the second consecutive Commonwealth Games with a jump of 8.09 meters. At the same time, in para-athletics, India created a new history and captured both gold and silver in the men’s 100 meter T47 event. Apart from this, Indian boxers have left their previous performance behind and have secured at least 10 medals in the ring.
27 year old Murali Srishankar commonwealth games Has become the first Indian athlete in the history of India to win two consecutive medals in the long jump event. He also won silver in the 2022 Birmingham Games. In Glasgow, Jamaica’s Taja Gayle won the gold medal with a jump of 8.15 metres, while Scotland’s Stephen McKenzie (8.08 metres) got the bronze. Lokesh Satyanathan, another Indian in the competition, finished fifth with a best effort of 7.97 metres.
Historic ‘one-two’ finish in para-athletics
Soon after Sreeshankar’s silver medal, India created history in para athletics. In the men’s 100 meter T47 event, Dilip Mahadu Gavit won the gold medal with a new games record of 10.71 seconds. Whereas, Mohammad Basil Morsingankath of India won the silver medal with 10.83 seconds.
This is India’s third gold medal in the ongoing Commonwealth Games. Earlier, Mirabai Chanu (weightlifting) and Sharmila Dhaka (women’s shot put F57) had won gold for India. With these three medals, India’s total number of medals has become 15 (3 gold, 9 silver, 3 bronze). India is at eighth place in the medal table.
Boxers confirmed 10 medals
Indian boxers also performed brilliantly and secured at least 10 medals by making it to the semi-finals. Sakshi Choudhary (51 kg), Arundhati Choudhary (70 kg), Sachin Siwach (60 kg), Ankush Panghal (80 kg), Narendra Barwal (+90 kg) and world champion Jasmine Lamboria (57 kg) entered the last four.
Apart from these, Lovlina Borgohain (75 kg), Priya Ghanghas (60 kg), Preeti Pawar (54 kg) and Jadumani Singh (55 kg) have also reached the semi-finals.
In the last match of the day, Jasmine defeated Alice Glynn of England 4-1 and made it to the semi-finals of 57 kg category. With Indian boxers winning six matches, the number of Indian players reaching the semi-finals increased to 10. With this, India has left behind the performance of a total of seven medals won in boxing in Birmingham 2022.
Status of athletics and other events
In athletics, Yashas Palaksha and Santosh K Tamilarasan made it to the finals of men’s 400 meter hurdles race. Both players reached the final as the losing players with the fastest time. Santhosh finished third in the second heat with a timing of 49.51 seconds, while Yashas finished third in the first heat with a timing of 49.65 seconds. Both finished seventh and eighth respectively and got tickets for the finals.
In the women’s shot put event, Manpreet Singh stood fourth with an effort of 17.49 metres. Meanwhile, in the men’s shot put event, national record holders Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Samardeep Singh Gill made it to the finals. Toor covered a distance of 20.14 meters in his second attempt, while Gill’s best effort was 19.95 meters.
National record holder Animesh Kujur also made it to the semi-finals of 200 meters. He won his heat with a season’s best time of 20.46 seconds and finished seventh overall.
Disappointment in weightlifting and swimming
India faced disappointment in weightlifting. Sanjana could not complete the competition in the women’s 77 kg category and was declared DNF (Do Not Finish). And in swimming also Sajan Prakash and Anish S. Gowda could not make it to the finals of men’s 200 meter freestyle. Sajan finished fifth in his heat and 20th overall. Anish finished 18th overall with a time of 1:51.64 seconds.
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