03/08/2026
l India concluded its campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in fourth place overall, finishing with 39 medals. 13 gold, 17 silver, and nine bronze.
The final day saw judoka Ishroop Narang narrowly miss bronze in the women's -78kg event, while track cyclists exited in their qualifying heats. Attention then turned to the closing ceremony at the Hydro, where boxing gold medalist Jaismine Lamboria carried the Tricolour during the parade of athletes.
The ceremony included the formal handover to India for the 24th Commonwealth Games in 2030, with Ahmedabad officially approved as the host city by the Commonwealth Sport General Assembly. The Games flag was lowered and passed from Glasgow officials to a delegation including Indian Olympic Association President PT Usha, two-time Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra, and Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi. Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, declared the Games closed, inviting athletes to gather in Ahmedabad in four years for the Centenary Games, which are scheduled to feature 15 to 17 sports.
Boxing and weightlifting formed the core of India's medal success in Glasgow. The boxing squad secured seven golds through Sakshi Chaudhary, Preeti Pawar, Jaismine Lamboria, Priya Ghanghas, Arundhati Choudhary, Sachin Siwach, and Ankush Panghal, along with silvers for Lovlina Borgohain, Jadumani Singh, and Narender Berwal. In weightlifting, Mirabai Chanu won her third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold in the women's 48kg category, leading a team that earned silvers through Rishikanta Singh, Raja Muthupandi, Gyaneshwari Yadav, V Ajaya Babu, Harjinder Kaur, and Lovepreet Singh, as well as a bronze for Bindyarani Devi.
Track and field events yielded consistent results across multiple disciplines. Gulveer Singh claimed silver in the 10,000m and bronze in the 5,000m, while Sarvesh Kushare and Sreeshankar Murali earned silvers in the high jump and long jump, respectively. In javelin, Neeraj Chopra took silver with an 85.83m throw alongside Yash Vir Singh's bronze, while Praveen Chithravel and Selva Prabhu delivered a double podium with silver and bronze in the triple jump. Tejaswin Shankar won India's first-ever decathlon medal at the Games with a bronze, and Seema Kaliramna added bronze in the women's discus.
Para-athletics and combat sports provided several additional podium finishes. Sharmila Dhankar led a gold-bronze finish with Shilpa K. Shyla in the women's shot put F57, while Dilip Mahadu Gavit set a Games record to win gold ahead of Mohammed Basil M in the 100m T47. Soman Rana and Shubham Juyal added a one-two finish in the men's shot put F57. In judo, Asmita Dey and Harsh Singh secured gold medals, supported by silver from Yamini Mourya and bronze from Unnati Sharma, while Jhandu Kumar opened India's overall medal count earlier in the Games with a para powerlifting bronze.
