New Delhi: India added two more medals on Day 8 of the Commonwealth Games 2026, with Lovepreet Singh winning silver in weightlifting and Seema Kaliramna claiming bronze in the women’s discus throw. The results took India’s overall medal tally to 17 medals, comprising three gold, 10 silver and four bronze, with the country remaining 10th in the standings. Australia continued to lead the medal table with 110 medals.
Lovepreet produced the performance of his career in the men’s +110kg weightlifting event, setting a new Commonwealth Games snatch record with a lift of 176kg. He finished with a combined total of 388kg after lifting 212kg in the clean and jerk.
The Punjab lifter held a 10kg advantage before the final clean and jerk attempts, but New Zealand’s David Andrew Liti produced a Games record lift of 223kg to clinch gold by a single kilogram. Lovepreet’s silver also completed India’s weightlifting campaign with an impressive haul of eight medals.
In athletics, Seema Kaliramna secured bronze in the women’s discus throw with a best effort of 58.65 metres, achieved in the third round. Despite fouling her final three attempts, her earlier throw was enough to earn a podium finish behind Jamaica’s Samantha Hall and Canada’s Julia Tunks.
India also enjoyed a successful day in the field events as Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, along with Rohit Yadav and Yashvir Singh, qualified for the men’s javelin throw final despite challenging windy conditions.
National record holders Praveen Chithravel and Selva Prabhu progressed to the men’s triple jump final after impressive qualifying performances, while Tejaswin Shankar stayed firmly in medal contention in the decathlon. A clearance of 2.15 metres in the high jump lifted him to second place overall after five events, just 14 points behind leader Damian Warner of Canada.
Elsewhere, Tajinderpal Singh Toor finished fifth in the men’s shot put final, while Samardeep Singh Gill placed seventh. Sprinters Animesh Kujur and Vishal TK missed out on qualification from their semifinal races, and Parul Chaudhary ended 13th in the women’s 5000 metres final.
In lawn bowls, Navneet Singh and Dinesh Kumar remained unbeaten after defeating Botswana in a tie break to boost their hopes of reaching the knockout stage. However, Nayanmoni Saikia suffered a defeat in the women’s singles event against Malaysia’s Emma Firyana Saroji. India’s para cyclist Lisha Das and the men’s team sprint cycling squad were also unable to progress beyond the qualification rounds.
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