Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2026 – DAY 8 Recap

India added two more medals to its kitty with Lovpreet Singh producing an exceptional performance to clinch a silver in weightlifting and Seema Kaliramna winning a hard-fought bronze in discus throw, taking India’s tally to 17 medals. 

Elsewhere, Dominica earned their first-ever Commonwealth Games Gold with triple jumper and Paris Olympics champion Thea LaFond clinching gold here in Glasgow 2026 as well. Fiji also won their first medal of the games with Taniela Tuisuva Rainibogi winning a gold in the 110 kg weightlifting competition. 

Let’s take a look at India’s schedule and medals on Day 8 of the CWG 2026 –

CWG 2026 Athletics

Men’s 200m semi-finals – Indian sprinter Animesh Kujur failed to qualify for the 200m final as he clocked a much lower timing than his heats timing with 20.65 seconds, finishing sixth in the second semi-final. 

Men’s 400m semi-finals – Vishal TK also faltered in the 400m semi-final, finishing sixth in his group with a timing of 46.33 seconds, failing to make the 400m final. 

Men’s Javelin Throw Qualifying – Men’s Javelin throw saw not one but three Indians qualifying for the final. On a cold and windy day, none of the participants could cross the qualifying mark of 83m but Neeraj Chopra (79.61m), Yash Vir Singh (78.36m) and Rohit Yadav (78.37m) managed to qualify for the final, finishing inside the top 10 places. 

Men’s Triple Jump Qualifying – Both triple jumpers Praveen Chithravel and Selva Prabhu Thirumaran qualified for the Triple Jump final. While Praveen qualified with his first attempt (16.41m), Selva Prabhu managed to qualify in his last attempt (16.26m).

Men’s Shotput final – Medal hopeful Tajinderpal Singh Toor had a disappointing outing in the Men’s Shotput final, finishing fifth with a best throw of 20.27m while compatriot Samardeep Singh Gill finished seventh with a best throw of 20.03m. 

Men’s Decathlon Day 1 – India’s decathlon specialist Tejaswin Shankar is currently sitting in second spot in the rankings with five competitions (100m, long jump, Shotput, High Jump, 400m) done and five to go. Shankar is currently on 4339 points, trailing the leader Canada’s Damien Warner by just 39 points. 

Women’s Discus Throw final – India’s Seema Kaliramna bagged a hard-earned bronze in the Women’s Discus throw with a best effort of 58.65m. Samantha Hall of Jamaica took the gold with a massive throw of 61.66m. Compatriot Nidhi Rani finished fourth with a best effort of 57.10m, missing out on a podium finish. 

Women’s 5000m – Indian runner Parul Chaudhary had another disappointing run in the 5000m as she finished a lowly 13th with a timing of 15:08.56s. 

CWG 2026 Weightlifting

Men’s +110 kg – Weightlifter Lovpreet Singh produced a record-breaking performance to win a silver medal in the Men’s +110 kg category, narrowly losing on the gold with a minor difference of one kg. He broke the games record in snatch with a lift of 178 kg.  He performed well in clean and jerk with a best lift of 212 kg to manage a total lift of 388kg. David Andrew Liti of New Zealand broke the games record of 223 kg in clean and jerk to take the gold home with a total lift of 389 kg. 

Women’s +86 kg – 20-year-old weightlifter Martina Devi Maibam finished fifth in the women’s 86 kg category. Although she did well in clean and jerk (144 kg), her poor performance in snatch where she only managed a proper lift in her final attempt (105 kg) led to her downfall in finishing out of the top 3.  Her total lift was 245 kg as she fell behind by 5 kg. 

CWG 2026 Track Cycling 

Men’s Team Sprint Qualifying – India finished last in this team sprint event. With Rojit Singh, David Beckham and Ronaldo Singh managing a timing of 46.396 seconds, India finished seventh in qualifying, failing to make the cut for the final. 

CWG 2026 Para Track Cycling 

Women’s C4-C5 4000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying – Para Cyclist, 16-year-old Lisha Das finished sixth in the C4-C5 qualifiers for the 4000m. It ruled her out of reckoning for the bronze. She was 2:12.204 off leader Tara Neyland’s time.

CWG 2026 Lawn Bowls 

Men’s Pair Sectional Play Section B, Round 3 – Navneet Singh and Dinesh Kumar won their third straight match of the Pair Sectional Play winning by courtesy of a tie-break against Botswana’s Charles Diteko and Kaizer Geche. 

Women’s Singles Sectional Play Section C, Round 3 – After winning her Round 2 match, Nayanmoni Saikia lost 0.5-1.5 to Malaysia’s Emma Firyana Saroji in the Singles sectional play Round 3.  

Medals Tally

Australia continues to dominate the proceedings with 51 gold medals and a massive 110 medals in total already with England moving back in second place with 15 gold medals and Canada in third place with 15 Gold medals as well. India slipped one place down to tenth with three golds and 17 medals in total so far.