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After Mirabai Chanu's gold, India chase 11 medals on potentially biggest day of CWG 2026 with weightlifting in focus

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  1. Day 5 of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow offers India up to 11 medals across weightlifting, athletics, para-sports, gymnastics, and swimming.

  2. India are currently in 8th place with four medals after Mirabai Chanu's gold in weightlifting.

  3. Bindyarani Devi is the top candidate in the women's 58kg weightlifting final, while Gyaneshwari Yadav leads the women's 53kg final with a 194kg personal best.

  4. National record holder Tejaswin Shankar leads the men's high jump final, with a potential three-medal sweep possible.

  5. India have medal prospects in para-athletics finals: women's shot put F57 (Sharmila Dhankar and Shilpa K. Shyla) and men's 100m T38 sprint (Rakeshbhai Bhatt and Shreyansh Trivedi).

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