{"id":640,"date":"2026-07-23T12:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/?p=640"},"modified":"2026-07-23T12:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:45:11","slug":"commonwealth-games-2026-indias-top-athletes-aim-for-podium-finishes-in-glasgow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/?p=640","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Games 2026: India&#8217;s Top Athletes Aim for Podium Finishes in Glasgow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026 Commonwealth Games kick off today in Glasgow, Scotland, with approximately 3,000 athletes from 74 nations set to participate. India has fielded a formidable squad of 126 athletes\u2014comprising 78 men and 48 women\u2014raising hopes for medals across both able-bodied and para-sport events. India aims to improve upon its past performances and boost its medal tally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Star Athletes to Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India\u2019s 191-member contingent (126 athletes and 65 officials) includes stalwarts and Olympic stars such as Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu, and Lovlina Borgohain. Rohit Rajpal, Mirabai Chanu, and Lovlina Borgohain will serve as the flag bearers at the opening ceremony. India holds high expectations for medals, particularly in athletics, boxing, and weightlifting. The entire team is committed to delivering an outstanding performance while representing the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India will launch its campaign with the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s lawn bowls events. Following their historic medal-winning performance at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the Indian lawn bowls team is ready to compete in Glasgow, Scotland. The team is prepared to once again challenge the world&#8217;s best players at the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Sport-wise strength of the Indian contingent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Athletics: Largest contingent (32 athletes) \u2014 22 men, 10 women<br>Boxing: 14 athletes<br>Judo: 14 athletes<br>Weightlifting: 12 athletes<br>Artistic Gymnastics: 8 athletes<br>Track Cycling: 6 athletes<br>Bowls: 6 athletes<br>Swimming: 5 athletes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Para events:<\/strong> Para-athletics (11), Para-powerlifting (7), Para-swimming (5), 3\u00d73 Wheelchair Basketball (4), and Para-track cycling (1). Athletics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Track<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gurindervir Singh \u2013 Men&#8217;s 100m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Animesh Kujur \u2013 Men&#8217;s 200m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vishal TK \u2013 Men&#8217;s 400m, Mixed 4\u00d7400m Relay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rajesh Ramesh \u2013 Men&#8217;s 400m, Mixed 4\u00d7400m Relay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gulveer Singh \u2013 Men&#8217;s 5,000m and 10,000m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tejas Shirse \u2013 Men&#8217;s 110m Hurdles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yashas Palaksha \u2013 Men&#8217;s 400m Hurdles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan \u2013 Men&#8217;s 400m Hurdles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rashdeep Kaur \u2013 Women&#8217;s 400m, Mixed 4\u00d7400m Relay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neeru Pathak \u2013 Women&#8217;s 400m, Mixed 4\u00d7400m Relay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ansa Babu \u2013 Women&#8217;s 400m, Mixed 4\u00d7400m Relay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parul Chaudhary \u2013 Women&#8217;s 3,000m Steeplechase and 5,000m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Priyanka Goswami \u2013 Women&#8217;s 10,000m Race Walk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ravina Gaikwad \u2013 Women&#8217;s 10,000m Race Walk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Field<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dev Meena \u2013 Men&#8217;s Pole Vault<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kuldeep Kumar \u2013 Men&#8217;s Pole Vault<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarvesh Anil Kushare \u2013 Men&#8217;s High Jump<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adarsh \u200b\u200bRam J \u2013 Men&#8217;s High Jump<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tejaswin Shankar \u2013 Men&#8217;s High Jump, Decathlon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Murali Sreeshankar \u2013 Men&#8217;s Long Jump<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lokesh Sathyanathan \u2013 Men&#8217;s Long Jump<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Praveen Chithravel \u2013 Men&#8217;s Triple Jump<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selva Prabhu \u2013 Men&#8217;s Triple Jump<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samardeep Singh Gill \u2013 Men&#8217;s Shot Put<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tajinderpal Singh Toor \u2013 Men&#8217;s Shot Put<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neeraj Chopra \u2013 Men&#8217;s Javelin Throw<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rohit Yadav \u2013 Men\u2019s Javelin Throw<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yash Veer Singh \u2013 Men\u2019s Javelin Throw<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pooja Singh \u2013 Women\u2019s High Jump<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manpreet Kaur \u2013 Women\u2019s Shot Put<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seema Kaliramna \u2013 Women\u2019s Discus Throw<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nidhi Rani \u2013 Women\u2019s Discus Throw<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Para Athletics<br>Track<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rakeshbhai Bhatt \u2013 Men\u2019s 100m (T38)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shreyansh Trivedi \u2013 Men\u2019s 100m (T38)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mohammed Basil M \u2013 Men\u2019s 100m (T47)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dilip Mahadu Gavit \u2013 Men\u2019s 100m (T47)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ramesh Shanmugam \u2013 Men\u2019s 1500m (T54)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Field<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Devender Kumar \u2013 Men\u2019s Discus Throw (F44)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sagar Thayyat \u2013 Men\u2019s Discus Throw (F44)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shubham Juyal \u2013 Men\u2019s Shot Put (F57)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Soman Rana \u2013 Men\u2019s Shot Put (F57)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sharmila Dhankhar \u2013 Women\u2019s Shot Put (F57)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shilpa K. Shayla \u2013 Women&#8217;s Shot Put (F57)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Boxing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jadumani Singh \u2013 Men&#8217;s 55kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sachin Siwach \u2013 Men&#8217;s 60kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aditya Pratap Singh \u2013 Men&#8217;s 65kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sumit Kundu \u2013 Men&#8217;s 70kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ankush \u2013 Men&#8217;s 80kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kapil Pokhariya \u2013 Men&#8217;s 90kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narendra Berwal \u2013 Men&#8217;s 90kg+<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sakshi Chaudhary \u2013 Women&#8217;s 51kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preeti Pawar \u2013 Women&#8217;s 54kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jaismine Lamboria \u2013 Women&#8217;s 57kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Priya Ghanghas \u2013 Women&#8217;s 60kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parveen Hooda \u2013 Women&#8217;s 65kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arundhati Choudhary \u2013 Women&#8217;s 70kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lovlina Borgohain \u2013 Women&#8217;s 75kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Judo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Harsh Singh \u2013 Men&#8217;s 60kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rohit Bashir Majgul \u2013 Men&#8217;s 66kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arun Kumar \u2013 Men&#8217;s 73kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harsh Tokas \u2013 Men&#8217;s 81kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karanjit Singh Mann \u2013 Men&#8217;s 90kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avtar Singh \u2013 Men&#8217;s 100kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yash Ghanghas \u2013 Men&#8217;s 100kg+<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asmita Dey \u2013 Women&#8217;s 48kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shraddha Kadabul Chopade \u2013 Women&#8217;s 52kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yamini Maurya \u2013 Women&#8217;s 57kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unnati Sharma \u2013 Women&#8217;s 63kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inunganbi Takhelambam \u2013 Women&#8217;s 70kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ishroop Narang \u2013 Women&#8217;s 78kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tulika Mann \u2013 Women&#8217;s 78kg+<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Swimming<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Srihari Nataraj \u2013 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke, 100m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle Relay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aryan Nehra \u2013 400m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle, 1,500m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle Relay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sajan Prakash \u2013 50m Butterfly, 200m Butterfly, 200m Freestyle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anish S. Gowda \u2013 200m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle Relay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dakshan Shashikumar \u2013 400m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle Relay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Para-Swimming<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ravi Veera Venkat Budigina \u2013 50m Freestyle (S7)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ali Imam \u2013 100m Freestyle (S13)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suyash Narayan Jadhav \u2013 50m Freestyle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni \u2013 200m Freestyle (S14)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swatik Patil \u2013 50m Freestyle (S7)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Track Cycling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam \u2013 1,000m Time Trial<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David Beckham Elkatohchungo \u2013 Elite Keirin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jemsh Singh Keithelkaram \u2013 Elite Keirin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dinesh Kumar \u2013 Endurance\/Pursuit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rojit Singh Yanglem \u2013 Endurance\/Pursuit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harshveer Singh Sekhon \u2013 4,000m Team Pursuit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Para Track Cycling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lisha Das \u2013 Women&#8217;s Track Cycling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Weightlifting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rishikant Singh \u2013 Men&#8217;s 60kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M. Raja \u2013 Men&#8217;s 65kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ajay Babu \u2013 Men&#8217;s 79kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dilbag Singh \u2013 Men&#8217;s 94kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lovepreet Singh \u2013 Men&#8217;s 110kg+<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mirabai Chanu \u2013 Women&#8217;s 48kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gyaneshwari Yadav \u2013 Women&#8217;s 53kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bindyarani Devi \u2013 Women&#8217;s 58kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harjinder Kaur \u2013 Women&#8217;s 69kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sanjana \u2013 Women&#8217;s 77kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seram Nirupama Devi \u2013 Women&#8217;s 86kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Martina Devi \u2013 Women&#8217;s 86kg+<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Artistic Gymnastics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tapan Mohanty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tapeshwarnath Das<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swatish K.P.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Satyajit Mondal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pranati Nayak<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nishka Agarwal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ishita Revale<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protistha Samanta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bowls<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Six-member Indian squad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Para 3&#215;3 Wheelchair Basketball<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reena Rameshchandra Gupta<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Irengbam Ritu Chanu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jadhav Minakshi Harichandra<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rayannavar Lakshmi Rayappa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commonwealth Games: July 23 to August 2. 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