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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
- 30 July 2026 7:45 PM IST
Bowls, Men's Pairs, Section B, India vs Botswana: India takes a six point lead.!!!!
End 2 completely belonged to India, as they took the lead from the very first bowl. Botswana tried to change the game but were unsuccessful, allowing India to add five more points to their lead.
- 30 July 2026 7:38 PM IST
Bowls, Men's Pairs, Section B, India vs Botswana : India takes a one-point lead.
End 1 was a closely fought one, with almost all the bowls reaching near the jack. However, India had the bowl closest to the jack, taking one point and an early lead in the game.
- 30 July 2026 7:29 PM IST
Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw: For the first time in 8 years, Neeraj hasn't qualified directly
Neeraj Chopra qualified for the men's javelin throw final with a 79.61m by being fifth in the rankings.
The windy conditions in Glasgow played a part, as Neeraj's eight-year streak of qualifying by hitting the automatic qualification mark with his first attempt is broken.
Read more here.
- 30 July 2026 7:23 PM IST
Weightlifting, Women's 86kg: Martina should be in a good stead
The snatch discipline has been an issue for Martina Devi Maibam. She is more comfortable with clean and jerk in general.
Now that she has at least one successful lift in snatch, Martina should be in a good stead for a medal with a good outing in clean and jerk.
My colleague Deepanshu tells that, Martina had three no lifts in snatch at 107kg at the recent Asian Weightlifting Championships in May, which was held in Ahmedabad.
- 30 July 2026 7:23 PM IST
Up Next: Bowls, Men's Pairs, Section B, India vs Botswana
India returns for its third match after registering back to back victories against Namibia and the Cook Islands.
The Indian pair of Navneet Singh (Lead) and Dinesh Kumar (Skip) will now take on Botswana, represented by Kaizer Geche (Lead) and Charles Diteko (Skip). The match will begin at 7:30 PM IST.
India will hope to continue its winning run and remain a strong contender for a place in the semi finals.
- 30 July 2026 7:18 PM IST
Weightlifting, Women's 86kg: Martina Devi comes in clutch!
Despite those two drops, the Indian coaches back Martina Devi Maibam to go up to 105kg for her final snatch attempt.
The 20-year-old meets the expectations. A clean lift and she stays alive.
India's medal hopes in women's 86kg weightlifting stays alive! CLUTCH EFFORT!
- 30 July 2026 7:15 PM IST
Weightlifting, Women's 86kg: Second unsuccessful lift for Martina
This isn't going her way at all. Martina Devi Maibam once again stuck squatting with 103kg, unable to get back to the standing position.
She is under pressure now with just a lift left.
- 30 July 2026 7:14 PM IST
Weightlifting, Women's 86kg: Martina Devi Maibam drops first attempt
Not an ideal start this.
- 30 July 2026 6:38 PM IST
Weightlifting, Women's 86kg: Martina Devi Maibam in action!
Martina Devi Maibam will continue India's weightlifting campaign in women's 86kg.
With a start weight of 105 in snatch and 140kg in snatch, she is a medal contender in this event. It won't be easy though.
- 30 July 2026 6:10 PM IST
Athletics, Men's Decathlon Shot Put: Tejaswin Shankar attains a distance of 13.09m; finishes 7th
Tejaswin produced another average performance, recording a best throw of 13.09m in his three attempts to finish the shot put event in 7th place.
The effort earned him 673 points, which further dropped him to 5th place in the overall standings after three events, with a total of 2,558 points.
