Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2026 – DAY 6 Recap

The sixth day of the Commonwealth games saw Indian athletes bring more laurels to the nation. Gulvir Singh secured a historic silver medal in the 10000 m while weightlifter Harjinder Kaur also won a silver in the 69 kg category. India has now won seven medals in weightlifting which includes one gold, five silver medals and one bronze. 

Several Indian boxers have also qualified for the semi-finals, ensuring a bronze medal at least. In other news, Cameroon’s Emmanual Eseme and New Zealand’s Zoe Hobbs took home the 100m Gold in athletics . 

Let’s take a look at India’s schedule and medals on Day 6 of the CWG 2026 –

CWG 2026 Athletics 

Men’s 400m Round 1 – Vishal TK (46.49 secs) qualified for the 400 m semi-final while Indian relay star Rajesh Ramesh crashed out of the competition as he clocked a time of 47.43 seconds while the cut-off was 46.98 seconds. 

Men’s 10000 m – Gulvir Singh became the first Indian to win a medal at the Commonwealth games in the 10000m category. He clocked a time of 27:49.78 to bag the silver medal. Australia’s Ky Robinson won the Gold. 

Women’s High Jump – Indian high jumper Pooja Singh finished eighth in the Women’s High jump final as she failed to clear the 1.82 m mark.  

CWG 2026 Boxing

Women’s 54 kg QF – Preeti Pawar guaranteed India a medal at the Commonwealth Games defeating Northern Ireland’s Nicole Clyde 5-0 in the women’s 54kg category and reaching the semi-finals. 

Women’s 60 kg QF – Priya Ghanghas booked her place in the semi-finals with a win against Scottish opponent Niamh Mitchell 4-1 in the 60 kg category, ensuring India of at least a bronze medal. 

Women’s 65 kg QF – Parveen Hooda bowed out of the competition at the quarter-final stage in the 65 kg category, losing to England’s Sacha Hickey by a narrow 2-3 split decision. 

Men’s 55 kg QF – Jadumani Singh also confirmed a medal in the Men’s 55 kg category by reaching the semi-finals, defeating Zambia’s Mwengo Mwale 5-0 by a unanimous decision.

Men’s 90 kg QF – Kapil Pokhariya’s CWG campaign ended at the quarter-final stage as he suffered a 5-0 defeat to Scotland’s Robert McNulty in the Men’s 90 kg. 

CWG 2026 Weightlifting

Women’s 63 kg – Nirupama Devi Seram couldn’t keep up the medal count going in Indian weightlifting as she ended with a DNF against her name in the Women’s 63 kg final. Although she had a 93 kg attempt recorded in snatch, she couldn’t log a single clean and jerk attempt, losing out on a final rank. 

Women’s 69 kg – India’s Harjinder Kaur clinched a silver medal in the women’s 69 kg category with a total lift of 227 kg (101 kg in snatch and 126 kg in clean and jerk) breaking both the snatch and clean and jerk games record in her lifts. However, she was beaten to the gold by Canada’s Charlotte Simoneau who set the new games record in both with a 108 kg lift in snatch and 132 kg lift in clean and jerk. 

CWG 2026 Swimming

Men’s 50 m butterfly – Sajan Prakash failed to qualify for the men’s 50m butterfly semifinals after finishing eighth in his Heat and 28th overall in the qualifying round. He clocked 24.94 seconds which was well below his national record of 23.83 seconds. 

Men’s 100 m backstroke – Srihari Nataraj also disappointed in the Men’s 100 m breaststroke semi-final, finishing 12th in the semi-finals overall, clocking 55.52 seconds and missing a place in the final. 

CWG 2026 Para Swimming

Men’s 50m freestyle S13 – Indian para-swimmers Ravi Veera Venkata Bhavan Budigina and Ali Imam competed in the Men’s 50m Freestyle S13 final. Budigina finished sixth with a time of 25.68 seconds and Imam finished eighth at 28.28 seconds. 

CWG 2026 Lawn Bowls

Men’s Pairs Sectional Play Section B, Round 1 – Indian pair of Navneet Singh and Dinesh Kumar made a stunning comeback in the Pairs sectional play to win their first match in a decisive tie-break against Cook Islands pair of Poila Epii and Jason Lindsay. The Indian pair won 2-1 (2-5, 6-5, 1-0) to beat the Cook Islands pair in a closely fought match. 

Women’s Singles Sectional Play Section C, Round 1 – Indian Nayanmoni Saikia lost her first match 0-2 (7-8, 1-10) to Amy Williams of Wales in the Singles sectional play. 

Medals Tally – 

Australia continues to dominate the competition with 35 gold medals and a massive total of 80 medals already with Canada moving in second place with 13 gold medals  and England in third place with 10 Gold medals. India slipped one place down to ninth with two golds and 12 medals in total so far.