CWG 2026: Indian Boxers Shine With Two Golds; Rana Wins Para Athletics Gold As Medals Keep Flowing

Glasgow: Indian boxers Preeti Pawar and Jaismine Lamboria clinched gold medals, while para shot putter Soman Rana also finished on top of the podium as the country enjoyed another productive day at the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.

Preeti (women's 54kg) and reigning world champion Jaismine (women's 57kg) dominated their respective finals with identical 5-0 verdicts over Canada's Scarlett Delgado and Northern Ireland's Michaela Walsh, while Jadumani Singh settled for silver after losing the men's 55kg title clash to Australia's Jye Dixon.

In athletics, Rana won the men's F57 para shot put gold with a season-best effort of 13.40m, leading an Indian one-two as compatriot Shubham Juyal claimed silver with 13.28m.

India also celebrated a double podium finish in the men's triple jump, with Praveen Chitravel taking silver with 16.58m and Selva Prabhu Thirumaran securing bronze with 16.52m behind Jamaica's Jordan Scott (16.72m). The boxing ring once again proved to be India's happiest hunting ground.

Preeti, ranked world No. 3 in the bantamweight division, outclassed Delgado, winning every round en route to a unanimous decision. Jaismine then capped another impressive campaign by defeating defending champion Walsh 5-0 to add the Commonwealth title to her world crown.

Jadumani, however, fell short of completing a golden sweep in the day's first half action. After taking the opening round against Dixon, the Indian lost momentum as the Australian fought back strongly to claim the remaining rounds and the title.

India now are positioned sixth in the standings with 30 medals including 8 gold, 15 silver and 7 bronze. Australia (138) are on top and followed by England (88), Canada (54), hosts Scotland (34) and Nigeria (total 20 with 10 gold).

India are likely to move to top-5 as a number of boxers are expected to win gold medal later in the day and boost the tally.

More medals expected on penultimate day of competitions

In judo, Unnati Sharma remained in contention for gold after advancing to the women's -63kg semifinals. She opened with an ippon win over Eswatini's Lamulela Magagula before edging past New Zealand's Qona Christie by waza-ari in the quarterfinals.

Harsh Tokas stayed alive in the men's -81kg competition and will contest the bronze-medal bout after bouncing back through the repechage following a narrow quarterfinal defeat to Cyprus' Odysseas Georgakis.

However, Inunganbi Takhellambam (women's -70kg) and Karanjit Singh Maan (men's -90kg) bowed out after losing their repechage bouts. In lawn bowls, the men's pairs combination of Navneet Singh and Dinesh Kumar suffered their first defeat of the competition, losing to England's Nick Brett and Jamie Walker in a tie-break after splitting the two sets.

Elsewhere in athletics, Ramesh Shanmugam finished seventh in the men's T54 1500m para final, while Priyanka Goswami was placed seventh in the women's 10,000m race walk with a season-best time of 45:53.93. Ravina was disqualified in the same event.

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