CWG 2026 Day 7 Round Up: Silver For Sreeshankar, Gold For Dilip As Indian Athletes Shine

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CWG 2026 Day 7 Round Up: Silver For Sreeshankar, Gold For Dilip As Indian Athletes Shine Published By, Last Updated: July 30, 2026, 02:44 IST

CWG 2026 Day 7 Round Up: Silver For Sreeshankar, Gold For Dilip As Indian Athletes Shine Published By, Last Updated: July 30, 2026, 02:44 IST Murali Sreeshankar wins silver at CWG, boxers guarantee 10 medals and para-athletes make history. India's medal tally grows. Rapid Read Glasgow: India's Murali Sreeshankar makes an attempt during the men's long jump final at the Commonwealth Games 2026, in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)(PTI07_3 Murali Sreeshankar produced a best jump of 8.09m to bag his second consecutive Commonwealth Games silver medal in the long jump, while India’s boxers continued their brilliant run by guaranteeing 10 medals from the ring. It was another successful day for the country at the Glasgow Games on Wednesday. Sreeshankar, the first Indian to win consecutive medals in the long jump, had won a silver at the 2022 Games and he did an encore with another stupendous effort. Moments after Sreeshankar’s medal-winning performance, India created history in para athletics by achieving a landmark one-two finish in the men’s 100m T47, a sprint event for athletes with an upper-limb impairment. Dilip Mahadu Gavit won the gold, clocking 10.71 seconds to take the top spot, while Mohammed Basil produced 10.83 seconds to finish second. The gold medal marked India’s third at the CWG, after Mirabai Chanu’s win in the women’s 48kg weightlifting event and Sharmila Dhankar’s victory in the women’s shot put F57 para athletics category.

With those three medals, India now have 15 medals in these Games: 3 gold, 9 silver and 3 bronze and stand eighth on the table. Sreeshankar double delight Sreeshankar’s opening leap of 8.03m placed him third in the standings, behind Scotland’s Stephen Mackenzie and Jamaica’s Tajay Gayle, who were tied at the top after recording identical jumps of 8.08m. Sreeshankar was in the gold-medal position with 8.09m, but Gayle went ahead of the field, finding a distance of 8.15m and clinching the yellow metal. McKenzie won the bronze with 8.08 m, while the other Indian in the fray, Lokesh Sathyanathan, finished fifth with a best jump of 7.97m. Boxers eclipse Birmingham haul Before Sreeshankar’s silver and India’s para athletics milestone, the boxers stole the spotlight by reaching the semifinals across categories and assuring 10 medals. Sakshi Chaudhary, Arundhati Choudhary, Sachin Siwach, Ankush Panghal, Narender Berwal and Jaismine Lamboria joined Lovlina Borgohain, Priya Ghanghas, Preeti Pawar and Jadumani Singh in the boxing semifinals across their respective categories. In the final bout of the day, Jaismine, the bronze medalist from Birmingham, beat England’s Elise Glynn 4-1 in a closely contested women’s 57kg quarterfinal. With six victories on the day, India’s boxing contingent reached 10 semifinalists, going past the nation’s total medal haul from Birmingham 2022, where Indian boxers won three gold, one silver and three bronze medals. India are now assured of 10 bronze medals in the iteration of CWG.