NEW DELHI: India added more medals and strengthened its campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Day 6, thanks to a historic silver by Gulveer Singh, another podium in weightlifting, and a strong showing in boxing.Gulveer was the standout performer, becoming the first Indian to win a medal in the men’s 10,000m at the Commonwealth Games. The Army runner clocked 27:49.78 and stayed with the leaders throughout before finishing second behind Australia’s Ky Robinson with a strong last-lap sprint.Harjinder Kaur also impressed by winning silver in the women’s 69 kg weightlifting event with a total of 227 kg (101 kg snatch and 126 kg clean and jerk). He also broke the Commonwealth Games snatch record twice and improved on the bronze medal he won at Birmingham 2022.Indian boxers continued their fine run as Mandengbam Jadumani Singh (55kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg) and Priya Ghanghas (60kg) reached the semi-finals, guaranteeing at least bronze medals. Priya bounced back after losing the first round of her quarter-final to stay in the hunt for gold. However, Parveen Hooda and Kapil Pokhariya were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Mixed results elsewhere
Vishal TK qualified for the men’s 400m semi-final, while Rajesh Ramesh and high jumper Pooja Singh missed out. Weightlifter Nirupama Devi Seram did not register any results after failing all her clean and jerk attempts. Swimmer Srihari Nataraj narrowly missed the 100m backstroke final, while Sajan Prakash failed to advance in the 50m butterfly. In para swimming, Karthik Budigina and Ali Imam finished sixth and eighth, respectively, in the S13 50m freestyle final. India also won their men’s doubles bowl match, while Nayanmoni Saikia lost in the women’s singles.At the end of Day 6, India was ninth in the medal standings with 12 medals, including two gold, seven silver and three bronze, while Australia remained on top with 80 medals.