Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 5 Live Updates: India’s Gyaneshwari Yadav misses out on women’s 53kg weightlifting gold – The Tech Word News

Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 5 Live Updates: India enjoyed their best day at the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Sunday, bagging one gold and two silver medals, taking their tally to four. Weightlifting again proved to be the country’s greatest strength, while the boxing contingent continued their strong run and the men’s swimming relay team reached another Commonwealth Games final.

Mirabai Chanu stole the limelight by winning her third Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women’s 48kg event. The Olympic silver medalist overcame an early missed attempt to put on another masterclass, lifting a total of 190kg. She set a new Commonwealth Games record of 85kg in the snatch and followed it up with a successful 105kg clean to comfortably retain her title. The win also earned Chan her fourth Commonwealth Games medal, further cementing her place among India’s greatest weightlifters.

India’s weightlifting campaign received another boost through Rishikanta Singh who claimed silver in the men’s 60kg category. The Manipuri lifter equaled the Commonwealth Games catch record with 121kg before finishing with a total of 264kg. Raja Muthupandi completed India’s weightlifting medal haul by claiming silver in the men’s 65kg division with a combined lift of 286kg, marking a successful return to the Commonwealth Games after missing the previous year due to injury.

The boxing team continued to impress as Jadumani Singh produced a dominant display to defeat Pakistan’s Sumama Rehman by unanimous decision to reach the men’s 55kg quarter-finals. Preeti Pawar also advanced after forcing a stoppage against Malawi’s Deborah Mtenje in the women’s 54kg event. Aditya Pratap Yadav was the only Indian boxer to step up on the day, losing a closely fought split.

India also made progress in the pool as the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay team of Srihari Nataraj, Aryan Nehra, Aneesh Gowda and Dhakshan Shashikumar qualified for the final before finishing sixth.

In the other disciplines, it was a more difficult climb. India’s grass-court campaign ended with defeats in the men’s singles and women’s pairs, artistic gymnast Tapan Mohanty finished 15th in the men’s all-around final and the women’s 3×3 wheelchair basketball team lost to Scotland.

Attention now shifts to Day 5, where India will be in action across athletics, boxing, weightlifting, gymnastics, swimming, lawn bowling and wheelchair basketball, with several medal opportunities as the games gather pace.