Glasgow: India delivered its best single-day performance yet at the Commonwealth Games 2026, claiming six medals on Day 5. The headline act came from Sharmila Dhankar, who won historic gold in the women’s shot put F57, while Gyaneshwari Yadav, Sarvesh Kushare and Valluri Ajaya Babu bagged silver medals, and Bindyarani Devi and Shilpa K. Shyla added bronze to push India’s overall medal tally to 10.
The day’s defining moment unfolded in para athletics, where Sharmila Dhankar hurled a season-best 9.81 metres to win gold in the women’s shot put F57 event, making her India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games gold medallist in para athletics, according to ESPN.
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India’s athletics contingent added a further medal through national record holder Sarvesh Kushare, who made history as the first Indian to win silver in the men’s high jump at the Commonwealth Games.
Kushare cleared 2.25m but missed out on gold on countback to Jamaica’s Romaine Beckford, who matched the height with a cleaner series overall. England’s Kimani Jack took bronze with a clearance of 2.20m.
Weightlifting once again emerged as India’s most productive discipline, contributing three more medals to take the sport’s overall tally for the country to six.
Gyaneshwari Yadav got India’s day underway with silver in the women’s 53kg category, marking her Commonwealth Games debut. The 23-year-old, who had moved up from the 49kg division to make way for Olympic champion Mirabai Chanu, lifted a personal-best total of 199kg (88kg snatch, 111kg clean and jerk). She converted all six of her attempts and briefly held the Commonwealth Games clean and jerk record before Nigeria’s Onome Omolola Didih overtook it on her way to gold with a Games-record total of 206kg.
Bindyarani Devi followed with bronze in the women’s 58kg category, securing her second straight Commonwealth Games medal after taking silver in Birmingham four years earlier. The Manipuri lifter totalled 199kg (87kg snatch, 112kg clean and jerk). Nigeria’s Rafiatu Folashade Lawal retained her title with a Games-record total of 229kg, while Canada’s Ann Sophie Taschereau claimed silver with 215kg.
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In the day’s final weightlifting event, 22-year-old Valluri Ajaya Babu came agonisingly close to gold in the men’s 79kg category. The lifter from Andhra Pradesh set a Commonwealth Games record of 149kg in the snatch and finished with a total of 330kg (149kg+181kg). Malaysia’s Muhammad Erry Hidayat edged him out for gold with 331kg, powered by a Games-record clean and jerk of 184kg, while Scotland’s Chris Murray took bronze with 325kg.
India also produced several encouraging performances across other disciplines.
Long jumper Murali Sreeshankar sailed into the men’s long jump final with a leap of 8.01m, while Lokesh Satyanathan also advanced with a jump of 7.77m.
Tejas Shirse reached the men’s 110m hurdles final after clocking 13.76 seconds in the heats, though he went on to finish last in the final.
Gurindervir Singh’s campaign came to an end in the men’s 100m heats after he clocked 10.39 seconds, placing 28th overall.
In the pool, Olympian Sajan Prakash advanced to the men’s 200m butterfly final with a time of 1:59.58 before finishing eighth in the medal race.
Aryan Nehra placed seventh in the men’s 800m freestyle final.
Para swimmer Swatik Patil qualified for the men’s 100m breaststroke SB9 final with the sixth-fastest time in the heats before finishing fifth in the final.
India’s boxers continued their impressive run in Glasgow, with Sachin Siwach beating England’s William Hewitt 4-1 in the men’s 60kg round of 16, Ankush cruising to a 5-0 win over Antigua and Barbuda’s Zalaan Jan in the men’s 80kg division, and Sakshi Choudhary defeating Botswana’s Lethabo Modukanele 5-0 in the women’s 51kg category.
Elsewhere, Protistha Samanta finished seventh in the women’s vault final in artistic gymnastics, while Putul Sonowal lost to Kenya’s Anwar Hamada in the men’s singles sectional play in bowls.
At the close of Day 5, India’s medal count stood at 10 — two gold, five silver and three bronze.
India’s medallists so far are Mirabai Chanu (gold, weightlifting), Sharmila Dhankar (gold, women’s shot put F57), Rishikanta Singh (silver, weightlifting), Muthupandi Raja (silver, weightlifting), Gyaneshwari Yadav (silver, weightlifting), Sarvesh Kushare (silver, men’s high jump), Valluri Ajaya Babu (silver, weightlifting), Bindyarani Devi (bronze, weightlifting), Shilpa K. Shyla (bronze, women’s shot put F57) and Jhandu Kumar (bronze, para powerlifting).