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Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 8: Neeraj Chopra qualifies for final - Highlights
Catch highlights from Day 8 of the Commonwealth Games 2026 as Neeraj Chopra and India's athletes compete across athletics, weightlifting, cycling and bowls.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 8 LIVE: Neeraj Chopra, Tajinderpal Singh in action -Blog, updates
India once again had a packed schedule on Day 8 of the Commonwealth Games 2026, with the spotlight firmly on athletics as Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra began his campaign in the men's javelin throw qualification.
India added two more medals to its tally at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Thursday as Lovepreet Singh claimed silver in the men's +110kg weightlifting before Seema Kaliramna capped off the day with bronze in the women's discus throw.
Meanwhile, Tejaswin Shankar ended the opening day of the decathlon in second place, keeping himself firmly in medal contention.
Animesh Kujur missed the men's 200m final after clocking 20.65s in the semi-finals, while Vishal TK bowed out in the men's 400m semi-finals.
In the final athletics event of the night, Parul Chaudhary finished 13th in the women's 5,000m final, clocking 15:08.56, the second-fastest time of her career.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 31 July 2026 12:07 AM IST
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.
- 30 July 2026 11:56 PM IST
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.
- 30 July 2026 11:56 PM IST
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!
- 30 July 2026 11:55 PM IST
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!
- 30 July 2026 11:52 PM IST
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!
- 30 July 2026 11:49 PM IST
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.
- 30 July 2026 11:47 PM IST
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.
- 30 July 2026 11:45 PM IST
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.
- 30 July 2026 11:43 PM IST
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.
- 30 July 2026 11:32 PM IST
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.
