Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 8: Neeraj Chopra qualifies for final - Highlights

Athletics, Men's Shot Put Final: Tajinderpal improves his distance to 20.27m

Tajinderpal jumps up to fifth place in the overall standings with his 20.27m throw on his third attempt, while Samardeep dropped down to 7th with his best of 20.03m.

Both, however, confirmed their spot in the final 8 and will have three more attempts to improve their mark.

Athletics, Men's Shot Put Final: Tajinder slightly improves his mark to 20.06m

Tajinderpal improved his mark to 20.06m on his third attempt but dropped to 4th place as a Nigerian Shot putter threw 20.48m.

Samardeep Singh Gill also crossed the 20m mark on his third attempt and is just behind Tajinder at 5th with 20.03m.

Weightlifting, Men's 110kg: Standings after Snatch

Can Lovepreet Singh win India's second weightlifting gold medal after Mirabai Chanu? He has a 10kg lead with his biggest competitor already DNF with three failed snatch attempts!

Weightlifting, Men's 110kg: Lovepreet in gold medal position!

Lovepreet moves up to 176kg with his final attempt. It is clean. That's a national and a Games record for the Indian.

More importantly, he will finish snatch in the gold medal position!

Weightlifting, Men's 110kg: Sanele Mao OUT!

Sanele Mao, who was the final lifter to start in the competition at the highest of 175kg, is out of contention!

Mao fails all three snatch attempts at the same weight.

Lovepreet's road to a medal has just turned a bit easier!

Athletics, Men's 200m Semi-finals: Animesh Kujur ran 20.65s; misses out on final

Animesh clocked a decent time of 20.65s despite running from lane 1, finishing sixth in heat 2.

With only 2 automatic qualifiers per heat and only two non-automatic qualifiers from the three heats, Animesh's chances of qualification for the final ended.

Weightlifting, Men's 110kg: Lovepreet continues to impress

Lovepreet Singh moves up by five kilograms to 173kg for his second lift. As clean as his first attempt was.

2/2 for the Indian, who is making the snatch looking all too easy.

Weightlifting, Men's +110kg: Lovepreet with a good start

Lovepreet Singh has decided to start at 168kg, two kilos lower than his earlier registered 170kg.

He starts well. A very clean lift.

Athletics, Men's Shot Put Final: Tajinderpal Singh Toor starts with a good 20.06m throw

Toor is only the third shot putter to cross the 20m mark in the first attempt. He is currently in third place with his 20.06m throw.

Athletics, Men's Shot Put Final: Samardeep Singh Gill starts with 19.56m on his first attempt

Gill started with a decent 19.56m throw on his first attempt. He was the first athlete to take an attempt in this 12-man shot put final.