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Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 5 LIVE: Bindyarani, Sarvesh headline India's challenge - Blog, updates
Follow LIVE updates from Day 5 of India's campaign at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow.
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India will look to build on a productive fourth day when competition resumes at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow on Monday, with the start of the highly anticipated athletics and para athletics programme.
Sunday belonged to India's weightlifters. Mirabai Chanu scripted history by clinching her third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women's 48kg event, while Rishikanta Singh Chanambam and Raja Muthupandi added silver medals in the men's 60kg and 65kg categories respectively, taking India's medal tally to four medals, one gold, two silver and one bronze.
Attention now shifts to the track and field, where India will begin its athletics campaign with Gurindervir Singh in the men's 100m heats, Murali Sreeshankar and Lokesh Sathyanathan in the men's long jump qualification, and Tejas Shirse in the 110m hurdles.
The evening session promises multiple medal opportunities.
Weightlifting will once again be a major medal avenue, with Bindyarani Devi (women's 58kg), Gyaneshwari Yadav (women's 53kg) and Ajaya Babu Valluri (men's 79kg) taking the platform.
LIVE Updates from day 5:
Live Updates
- 27 July 2026 1:54 PM IST
Recap: Mirabai scripts history, Rishikanta adds silver on Day 4!
India enjoyed its best day of the Commonwealth Games 2026 so far as Mirabai Chanu clinched a historic third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women's 48kg weightlifting event.
Earlier, Rishikanta Singh Chanambam won silver in the men's 60kg category after setting a new national and Commonwealth Games snatch record, becoming the first male weightlifter from Manipur to win a Commonwealth Games medal. Raja Muthupandi later added another silver in the men's 65kg event.
India now has four medals in Glasgow - one gold, two silver and one bronze.
- 27 July 2026 1:53 PM IST
Welcome!
Hello and welcome to The Bridge's LIVE coverage of Day 5 at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow.
India heads into the fifth day of competition after a memorable Sunday, with athletics and para athletics finally joining the programme alongside boxing, weightlifting, swimming, gymnastics, bowls and wheelchair basketball.
Stay tuned as we bring you all the live updates from Glasgow.
