CWG 2026 July 29 Schedule: Sanjana, Murali Sreeshankar In Focus As More Medal Up For Grabs

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CWG 2026 July 29 Schedule: Sanjana, Murali Sreeshankar In Focus As More Medal Up For Grabs Published By, Last Updated: July 29, 2026, 00:03 IST

CWG 2026 July 29 Schedule: Sanjana, Murali Sreeshankar In Focus As More Medal Up For Grabs Published By, Last Updated: July 29, 2026, 00:03 IST India begins its CWG campaign on Day 7 with Sanjana in weightlifting, Sakshi in boxing and Srihari Nataraj in swimming. Rapid Read Murali Sreeshankar celebrates after the men's long jump final athletics event during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province (Picture credit: AFP) Weightlifter Sanjana and long jumper Murali Sreeshankar will be in focus when India begin their campaign at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games on July 29, which will be Day 7 of the competition. The day will begin at 2 pm IST for the Indian contingent, when Sanjana takes part in the women’s 77kg weightlifting event. With the sport handing India the most medals till now in this edition, one can expect another podium finish in this category as well. Boxer Sakshi will take part in the women’s 51kg boxing at 4:45 pm IST and a win would guarantee her a medal at the Commonwealth Games.

Besides her, five other Indian boxers will be playing their quarterfinal bouts on Thursday. Srihari Nataraj will feature in the final of the men’s 100m backstroke event at 11:40 pm IST. Besides him, Sajan Prakash and Aneesh Gowda will also feature in the men’s 200m freestyle event, although their participation is subject to qualification from the heats. Manpreet Kaur will take part in the women’s shot put at 12:31 am IST and a podium finish in the event will be a big achievement for the 36-year-old athlete. Parul Chaudhary will feature in the final of the women’s 3000m steeplechase at 2:05 pm am IST. India Schedule – Commonwealth Games S. No. Sport Event IST (24 hr) Athlete(s) Round / Stage Remarks 1 Weightlifting Women’s 77kg 14:00 Sanjana Final 2 Swimming Men’s 200m Freestyle 15:12 Sajan Prakash, Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda Heat 4, Heat 5 — 3 Athletics Men’s Shot Put 15:35 Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Samardeep Singh Gill Qualifying Round – Group A, Group B — 4 Para Swimming Men’s S7 50m Freestyle 15:44 Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni, Suyash Narayan Jadhav Heat 1 — 5 Athletics Men’s 200m 16:20 Animesh Kujur Round 1 – Heat 4 — 6 Boxing Women’s 51kg 16:45 Sakshi Quarterfinal — 7 Boxing Women’s 70kg 17:30 Arundhati Choudhary Quarterfinal — 8 Boxing Men’s 60kg 18:15 Sachin Quarterfinal — 9 Boxing Men’s 80kg 19:00 Ankush Quarterfinal — 10 Boxing Men’s 90+kg 19:30 Narender Quarterfinal — 11 Lawn Bowls Men’s Pairs 20:55 Navneet Singh & Dinesh Kumar Sectional Play — 12 Boxing Women’s 57kg 23:00 Jaismine Quarterfinal — 13 Swimming Men’s 100m Backstroke 23:37 Srihari Nataraj Final Subject to Qualification 14 Swimming Men’s 200m Freestyle 23:51 Sajan Prakash, Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda Final Subject to Qualification 15 Athletics Men’s Long Jump 23:54 Sreeshankar, Lokesh Sathyanathan Final — 16 Athletics Men’s 400m Hurdles 00:03 (+1d) Yashas Palaksha Round 1 – Heat 1 — 17 Athletics Men’s 400m Hurdles 00:11 (+1d) Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan Round 1 – Heat 2 — 18 Athletics Women’s Shot Put 00:31 (+1d) Manpreet Kaur Final — 19 Para Swimming Men’s S7 50m Freestyle 00:46 (+1d) Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni, Suyash Narayan Final — 20 Para Athletics Men’s Discus Throw F42-44/F61-64 00:55 (+1d) Devender Kumar, Sagar Thayat Final — 21 Lawn Bowls Women’s Singles 01:10 (+1d) Nayanmoni Saikia Sectional Play — 22 Swimming Men’s 1500m Freestyle 01:14 (+1d) Aryan Nehra Fastest Heat — 23 Para Athletics Men’s 100m T47 01:42 (+1d) Dilip Mahadu Gavit, Mohammed Basil Morssinganakath Final — 24 Athletics Women’s 3000m Steeplechase 02:05 (+1d) Parul Chaudhary Final The men’s pair of Navneet Singh and Dinesh Kumar will take part in the Bowls sectional play at 8:55 pm IST.