Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 5: Gyaneshwari, Sarvesh, Ajaya Babu clinch silver medals - Highlights

Athletics, Men's High Jump Final: All three Indian high jumpers skips the early heights

The High Jump competition is running at the 1.95m mark.

But all three Indian jumpers have decided to skip their attempt before 2.05m.

Para Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke SB9 Final: Swatik promoted to fifth!

An athlete has been disqualified from the Men's 100m SB9 Breaststroke final and Swatik Patel has been bumped up to fifth!

Para Swimming, Men's 100m SB9 Backstroke Final: Swatik Patel finishes 6th!

A very identical time to his heats swim from Swatik Patel as he clocks 1:15.82s in the final. It isn't enough to finish on the podium for the Indian.

Patel finishes sixth!

Para Swimming, Men's 100m Breaststroke SB9 Final: Swatik Patel in contention

Swatik Patel will swim for a medal in men's 100m SB9 breaststroke soon. 

He had qualified for the final, finishing sixth in the qualification round, clocking 1:15.85s. He'll swim the final in lane 7.

Athletics, Men's High Jump Final: Sarvesh Kushare, Tejaswin Shankar and Aadarsh Ram in action

The first athletics final for India will be the men's high jump final, with three Indians participating in the 17-man field at 11:40 PM IST.

Indian national record holder Sarvesh Kushare has the joint-best season-best in the field alongside Kimani Jack of England at 2.31m. 

These two, alongside Romaine Beckford of Jamaica, who has a season best of 2.30m, will be the favourites to win the title in Glasgow.

India will be hoping for multiple medals in the event as all three Indian athletes have a season best above 2.25m.

Here is the start list:

Para Athletics, Women's Shot Put F57 Final: Sharmila and Shilpa Shyla in action

Sharmila & Shilpa Shyla will commence India's para athletics programme in Glasgow. They will compete in the women's shot put F57 category at 11:35 PM.

The F57 category in para athletics is a field event where athletes with lower limb impairments compete in a seated position using a throwing frame or chair.

In this final, there will be only one athlete on the field at one time, and then she will complete all six of her attempts before the next athlete comes in.

There are 10 entries in the final, where India's Sharmila has the second-best personal best (10.03m) in the field, while Shilpa has a 4th-best personal best (7.09m).

Here is the start list:

Bowls, Men's Singles, India vs Kenya: Putul faces defeat in his final match against Kenya's Anwar Hamada.

Putul's Commonwealth Games debut came to a heartbreaking end. After starting his campaign with a win over three-time Commonwealth Games medallist Ryan Bester, he went on to suffer defeats against Malaysia, Malta and Kenya. He finished with two wins, against Canada and the Falkland Islands, but ended fifth in his section, missing out on a place in the semi finals. 

Bowls, Men's Singles, India vs Kenya: Putul takes a one-point lead.

End 6 was very crucial for Putul because if he had not scored in this end, he could have lost the match in straight sets. He played well under pressure and picked up two points, taking the score to 5-4.

Bowls, Men's Singles, India vs Kenya: Hamada takes a one-point lead.

End 5 was once again controlled by Hamada. From his very first bowl, he dominated the end and did not give Putul any chance to fight back. Hamada picked up one point to take the lead in the set.

Bowls, Men's Singles, India vs Kenya: Hamada equalises the score.

In End 4, Putul started well with his bowl closest to the jack. However, Hamada turned the end around with his final bowl, pushing India's bowl away from the jack. Hamada picked up the points and levelled the score.