Commonwealth Games 2026
Win silver in 10,000 mts and weightlifting respectively
Glasgow: Gulveer Singh scripted history by becoming the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the men’s 10,000-metre race after claiming a silver medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow yesterday. The reigning Asian champion clocked 27:49.78 sec to finish behind Australia’s Ky Robinson.
Weightlifter Harjinder Kaur also added silver to India’s medal tally in the women’s 69-kg weightlifting event. The 29-year-old finished with a combined lift of 227 kgs to secure India’s seventh medal from eight weightlifting events.
This was Kaur’s second successive Commonwealth Games medal, after she won bronze at Birmingham in 2022. With this, India’s total medal count at the Glasgow Games rose to 12, including two gold, seven silver and three bronze medals.
Meanwhile, four Indian boxers have secured guaranteed bronze medals and will aim to convert them into silver or gold when they compete in the semifinals.
Lovlina Borgohain secured India’s first guaranteed medal in the women’s 75-kg event, while Preeti Pawar progressed to the women’s 54-kg semifinals. Priya Ghanghas assured herself of at least a bronze medal by defeating Scotland’s Niamh Mitchell 4-1 in women’s 60-kg quarterfinal match. Jadumani Singh Mandengbam also stormed into the men’s 55-kg semifinals, extending India’s guaranteed boxing medal tally.
