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

Up Next: Bindyarani Devi targets another weightlifting medal for India!

India's Bindyarani Devi will be the next medal hopeful in action as she competes in the women's 58kg weightlifting final.

Indian weightlifters have enjoyed a stellar campaign so far in Glasgow. Mirabai Chanu scripted history with a third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold, while Rishikanta Singh, Raja Muthupandi, and Gyaneshwari Yadav have all claimed silver medals.

Bindyarani will now look to continue the momentum and add a fifth weightlifting medal for India at the Commonwealth Games 2026.

Weightlifting, Women's 53kg Final: Gyaneshwari Yadav wins silver with national records!

India's Gyaneshwari Yadav clinched the silver medal in the women's 53kg weightlifting event after a sensational final clean and jerk lift of 111kg.

The 22-year-old completed a perfect competition, clearing 82kg, 85kg and 88kg in the snatch before successfully lifting 103kg, 107kg and 111kg in the clean and jerk.

Her final lift took her total to 199kg (88kg + 111kg), setting a new personal best, a new Indian national record in the clean and jerk (111kg) and a new Indian national record total (199kg).

Nigeria's Onome Omolola Didih claimed the gold medal, while Gyaneshwari's silver became India's third silver medal of the Games.

With the result, India's medal tally now stands at five medals - one gold, three silver and one bronze.

Weightlifting, Women's 53kg Final: Gyaneshwari clears 107kg to strengthen medal bid

India's Gyaneshwari Yadav successfully lifted 107kg in her second clean and jerk attempt, producing another composed effort on the platform.

The lift takes her total to 195kg (88kg snatch + 107kg clean and jerk), keeping her firmly in the hunt for a Commonwealth Games medal ahead of her final attempt.

Weightlifting, Women's 53kg Final: Gyaneshwari opens clean and jerk with 103kg

India's Gyaneshwari Yadav made a solid start to the clean and jerk, successfully lifting 103kg in her opening attempt.

The successful lift takes her running total to 191kg (88kg snatch + 103kg clean and jerk), keeping the Indian firmly in contention as the battle for the medals intensifies.

Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Vault final: Protistha Samanta scores 12.883 points to finish in 7th place

Protistha scored a decent 12.700 points on her first vault despite a poor landing, which cost her some important execution points.

She improved her execution significantly on the second vault, though with lower difficulty (4.0), and hence scored 12.666 points.

Her final average, including a 0.200 bonus, came to a total of 12.833 points, and she finished in the 7th position 

This meant she is now out of medal contention, and India's Gymnastics campaign ended in Glasgow as no other athlete has qualified for the individual apparatus finals.

Weightlifting, Women's 53kg Final: Gyaneshwari trails Nigerian after snatch!

India's Gyaneshwari Yadav heads into the clean and jerk in second place after a flawless snatch campaign.

Gyaneshwari successfully lifted 88kg across her three attempts, trailing only Nigeria's Onome Omolola Didih, who topped the snatch standings with 93kg. Canada's Rebeka Groulx sits third with 83kg.

With a 5kg deficit to the leader, the clean and jerk is set up for an exciting battle for the medals.

Weightlifting, Women's 53kg Final: Gyaneshwari completes perfect snatch with 88kg!

India's Gyaneshwari Yadav capped off a flawless snatch campaign by successfully lifting 88kg in her third and final attempt.

The lift looked comfortable for the Indian, who finished with a perfect three-from-three record in the snatch.

After completing the effort, Gyaneshwari turned towards the crowd and blew a flying kiss, celebrating a confident start to her bid for a Commonwealth Games medal.

Weightlifting, Women's 53kg Final: Gyaneshwari makes it two from two!

India's Gyaneshwari Yadav followed up her opening lift with another assured effort, successfully clearing 85kg in her second snatch attempt.

The Indian looked completely in control once again, executing the lift with ease to improve her mark and strengthen her position ahead of the final round of the snatch.

Boxing, Men's 80kg R16: SCORECARD

A comfortable 5-0 victory for Ankush Panghal. He'll hope to carry this momentum deep into the tournament.

Boxing, Men's 80kg R16: Ankush Panghal WINSSS!

Well, that was a foregone conclusion. Ankush Panghal wins his men's 80kg round with relative ease.

He moves into the quarter-finals. It means, he now joins Preeti Pawar and Jadumani Singh to be just a win away from a Commonwealth Games medal!

Not much of a celebration from Ankush as he calmly walks off. Not even a smile after that domination.