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The Indian national record holder faltered in the heats, as he was dropped from the top 17 and hence knocked out of the competition.

He clocked 10.39s, 0.30s slower than his historic national record of 10.09s. He is currently in 24th position with one more heat still to go.

Sajan clocked the sixth-best time in the heats (1:58.59s), which was enough to qualify for the 8-man final scheduled for 1:44 AM post-midnight on 27th July.

He has already bettered his 9th-place finish from the last edition of the games at Birmingham 2022 and will now aim to improve his position further in the final.

Sajan Prakash clocks a time of 1:58.59s in heat 2, finishing in second place just behind 8-time Olympic medalist Duncan Scott of Scotland, who clocked 1:58.29s.

The experienced Indian was leading at the 100m mark, but Duncan made a late push and just edged out the Indian.

Sajan is currently in 4th place in the overall standings with 8 athletes to go to the final, with 1 more heat to go.

Murali Sreeshankar needed just one jump to book his place in the men's long jump final at the Commonwealth Games 2026.

The Indian produced a superb 8.01m effort with his opening attempt to breach the automatic qualifying mark of 8.00m, sealing his place in the final without requiring any further jumps.

Gurindervir Singh finished second in Heat 4 of the men's 100m preliminary round, clocking 10.39 seconds behind Jamaica's Rohan Watson, who won the race in 10.13 seconds.

After the completion of four of the 11 heats, Gurindervir is ninth overall. With 17 fastest athletes across all heats progressing to the semifinals, the Indian will now have to wait for the remaining seven heats to determine whether his time is enough to secure qualification.

Indian national record holder Gurindervir Singh will be in action at the men's 100m heats at 2:55 PM IST.

He will be in heat 4 and has the 2nd-best Personal Best (10.09s) in his heat. There are no automatic qualifiers, and hence the 17 fastest men across 11 heats will qualify from the preliminary round.

These 17 athletes will join the 7 men who have already earned a bye in the semi-finals because of their comparatively higher personal bests.

Here is the start list:

Indian veteran swimmer Sajan Prakash will begin his campaign in Glasgow with the 200m Butterfly heats at 3:00 PM IST.

He has the 8th-best entry time (1:57.09s) among the 20-man field and will be hoping to reach the final. 

He is in heat 2 alongside 8-time Olympic medalist Duncan Scott of Scotland, which could help him to push his limits and clock a seaosn best timing.

Here is the start list: 

India enjoyed its best day of the Commonwealth Games 2026 so far as Mirabai Chanu clinched a historic third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women's 48kg weightlifting event.

Earlier, Rishikanta Singh Chanambam won silver in the men's 60kg category after setting a new national and Commonwealth Games snatch record, becoming the first male weightlifter from Manipur to win a Commonwealth Games medal. Raja Muthupandi later added another silver in the men's 65kg event.

India now has four medals in Glasgow - one gold, two silver and one bronze.

Hello and welcome to The Bridge's LIVE coverage of Day 5 at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow.

India heads into the fifth day of competition after a memorable Sunday, with athletics and para athletics finally joining the programme alongside boxing, weightlifting, swimming, gymnastics, bowls and wheelchair basketball.

Stay tuned as we bring you all the live updates from Glasgow.