CWG 2026: Gavit Wins India’s Third Gold as Sreeshankar, Boxers Deliver

CWG 2026: Gavit-Basil’s historic 1-2, Sreeshankar’s silver headline India’s memorable day

India enjoyed one of its finest days at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Wednesday, July 29, as Dilip Mahadu Gavit and Mohammed Basil scripted a historic one-two finish in para athletics, Murali Sreeshankar returned to the podium with another silver, and the country’s boxers guaranteed six more medals.

There were encouraging performances elsewhere too. Animesh Kujur stormed into the men’s 200m semi-finals, Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Samardeep Singh Gill qualified for the men’s shot put final, while India’s lawn bowls teams continued their impressive run.

Gavit, Basil create history

India’s para athletics contingent stole the spotlight as Dilip Mahadu Gavit won gold and Mohammed Basil Morssinganakath claimed silver in the men’s 100m T47, completing a memorable Indian one-two.

Gavit blazed to victory in a Commonwealth Games record and season-best 10.71 seconds, while Basil clocked a season-best 10.83 seconds to secure silver.

The triumph also delivered India’s third gold medal of the Games, following Mirabai Chanu’s victory in women’s 48kg weightlifting and Sharmila Dhankar’s gold in the women’s F57 shot put.

Sreeshankar shines again

Murali Sreeshankar marked his Commonwealth Games return with a second straight silver medal in the men’s long jump.

The Indian opened with 8.03m before improving to 8.09m to briefly move into the lead. However, Jamaica’s Tajay Gayle responded with an 8.15m effort to clinch gold, while Scotland’s Stephen McKenzie took bronze with 8.08m. India’s Lokesh Sathyanathan finished fifth with a best jump of 7.97m.

Boxers surpass Birmingham tally

India’s boxing team continued its outstanding campaign, with six more pugilists advancing to the semi-finals to take the country’s guaranteed medal tally in the sport to 10.

Sakshi Chaudhary (51kg), Arundhati Choudhary (70kg), Sachin Siwach (60kg), Ankush Panghal (80kg), Narender Berwal (+90kg) and reigning world champion Jaismine Lamboria (57kg) all booked semifinal berths.

They joined Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), Priya Ghanghas (60kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg) and Jadumani Singh (55kg), who had already secured their places in the last four.

Jaismine capped off the day with a hard-fought 4-1 win over England’s Elise Glynn in the women’s 57kg quarter-final.

With 10 assured medals, India has already eclipsed its boxing haul from the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where it won seven medals.

Athletics delivers more positives

India’s athletics campaign gathered further momentum as Yashas Palaksha and Santhosh K Tamilarasan qualified for the men’s 400m hurdles final as the two fastest non-automatic qualifiers.

Animesh Kujur kept India’s sprint hopes alive by winning his men’s 200m heat in a season-best 20.46 seconds to progress to the semi-finals.

In the men’s shot put qualification, Tajinderpal Singh Toor comfortably cleared the automatic qualification mark with a throw of 20.14m, while Samardeep Singh Gill advanced to the final with a best effort of 19.95m.

Lawn bowls stay unbeaten

India’s excellent run in lawn bowls continued as Navneet Singh and Dinesh Kumar defeated Namibia in straight sets to register their second consecutive victory in the men’s pairs competition.

In the women’s singles, Nayanmoni Saikia produced another commanding display, defeating the Isle of Man’s Caroline Whitehead in straight sets to strengthen her campaign.

• Heartbreak despite strong performances
• Not everything went India’s way.

Manpreet Kaur narrowly missed out on a medal in the women’s shot put, finishing fourth after a best throw of 17.49m.

Para swimmer Suyash Narayan Jadhav also endured heartbreak, finishing fourth in the men’s 50m freestyle S7 final, just 0.3 seconds shy of the bronze medal. Chaithanya Vishwas Kulkarni ended fifth. The able-bodied swimmers struggled, with Sajan Prakash and Aneesh S Gowda failing to qualify for the men’s 200m freestyle final, while Aryan Nehra finished seventh in the men’s 1500m freestyle.

Parul Chaudhary also endured a disappointing outing, finishing fifth in the women’s 3000m steeplechase in 9:26.75, nearly 25 seconds behind Kenya’s gold medallist Faith Cherotich.