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Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 7: Murali Sreeshankar bags his second CWG medal - Highlights
Follow all the highlights from Day 7 of the Commonwealth Games 2026 as India's athletes compete across athletics, swimming, boxing, weightlifting, para sports and bowls.

Murali Sreeshankar, Parul Chaudhary to compete for medals. (File Photo)
India built on its strong start to the Commonwealth Games 2026 campaign with another medal-packed day in Glasgow, with three medals on Wednesday.
Murali Sreeshankar opened the tally on the day, winning the silver medal in men's long jump with a leap of 8.09m. Minutes later, Dilip Gavit and Mohammed Basil followed in men's 100m T47, completing a double podium for India.
Elsewhere, it was heartbreak for Manpreet Kaur (Shot Put) and Suyash Jadhav (Para Swimming) as they ended up in fourth place in their respective events.
In boxing, six pugilists booked their spots in the semi-finals, confirming medals for India in Glasgow, while in athletics, national record holder Animesh Kujur qualified for the 200m semi-finals.
In weightlifting, India had only one medal event, but the teenager Sanjana couldn't find a valid lift in 77 kg snatch and bowed out of the competition early.
As it happened:
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- 30 July 2026 12:42 AM IST
Athletics, Men's Long Jump Final: Murali Sreeshankar continues to lead at the halfway stage
Murali Sreeshankar remained at the top after the three attempts of all 12 athletes in the final field, having a best of 8.09m.
Meanwhile, Lokesh Sathyanathan remains in 4th place, as he has yet to improve on his mark of 7.97m from his first attempt.
Both athletes will have three more attempts to confirm their place on the podium.

- 30 July 2026 12:25 AM IST
Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles: Yashas Palaksha and Santosh advance to final
Both Indian hurdlers maintained their positions as the two fastest non-automatic qualifiers in the 400m hurdles and qualified for the final.
Santhosh finished in 7th place with 49.51s, while Yashas clocked 49.65s to finish 8th in the preliminary round.

- 30 July 2026 12:19 AM IST
Athletics, Men's Long Jump Final: Murali Sreeshankar into the lead with an 8.09m jump on his second attempt
Murali takes the lead in the field with an 8.09m leap on his second attempt, bettering his distance of 8.03m from his first attempt.

- 30 July 2026 12:17 AM IST
Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles: T Santhosh finishes 3rd in heat 2
A similar story for the second Indian hurdler, Santhosh Tamilarasan, as he also misses the automatic qualification spot and finished third in his heat.
However, he clocked 49.51s, which is better than Yashas', and he is now at the top of the list of non-automatic qualifiers, followed by Yashas in second.

- 30 July 2026 12:09 AM IST
Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles: Yashas Palaksha finishes 3rd in heat 1
Yashas just missed out on an automatic qualification spot for the final, as just two athletes per heat qualified directly for the final.
But he will hope his time of 49.65s will be among the best two non-automatic qualifiers.

- 30 July 2026 12:06 AM IST
Athletics, Men's Long Jump Final: Lokesh Sathyanathan starts with a jump of 7.97m
Lokesh has already bettered his qualifying best with a leap of 7.97m on his first attempt.
He is currently in 4th place, just behind Murali in the overall standings.

- 30 July 2026 12:02 AM IST
Athletics, Men's Long Jump Final: Murali Sreeshankar starts with an 8.03m jump
Murali crossed the 8m mark on his very first attempt, leaping 8.03m.
This put him in third position for now, with just five athletes having taken their first attempt.

- 29 July 2026 11:45 PM IST
Athletics, Men's Long Jump Final: Murali Sreeshankar and S Lokesh in action
Indian star long jumper Murali Sreeshankar will be aiming for India's first medal of the day in the men's long jump final at 11:54 PM.
He is one of the two Indians in the 12-man final alongside Lokesh Sathyanathan.
Murali has the second-highest Personal best (8.41m) in the field, just behind Tajay Gayle of Jamaica (8.67m) and will be one of the favourites for the title.
Here is the start list:

- 29 July 2026 11:15 PM IST
Boxing, Women's 57Kg Quarterfinal: Jaismine wins the bout on a split decision; confirms a medal
In a tightly poised final, the two boxers played a distant boxing match and did not let each other come into the hitting range.
In the end, the judges liked Jaismine's work in the last round, and she clinched it unanimously, resulting in a 4-1 win for her, confirming her second consecutive CWG medal.
With this, India confirmed 10 medals from the 14 boxing events in Glasgow.

- 29 July 2026 11:11 PM IST
Boxing, Women's 57Kg Quarterfinal: Jaismine wins the second round with the same 3-2 score.
The two boxers continue the same game plan in the second half, waiting for their chances and not throwing blind punches.
Jaismine looked much better in this round, commanding the centre of the ring and pressing Elise towards the ropes.
Jaismine again took the round on a 3-2 split decision, and the overall score of the tie is 2-1 in favour of jaismine ahead of the final round.

