Extraordinary day for India at CWG 2026: 16 medals take them to 4th on tally as boxers set a new record with 7 gold

India won 16 medals on Saturday at the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, moving from 10th to 4th on the medal tally with 13 gold, 17 silver, and 9 bronze.

Boxing yielded 10 medals, including 7 gold, a new CWG record for most boxing medals by a nation in a single edition; gold winners included Sakshi Chaudhary (51kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), Jaismine Lamboria (57kg), Priya Ghanghas (60kg), Arundhati Choudhary (70kg), Sachin Siwach (60kg), and Ankush Panghal (80kg).

Praveen Chithravel and Selva Prabhu Thirumaran won silver and bronze in men's triple jump; Gulveer Singh won bronze in men's 5,000m, becoming the first Indian track athlete to win two medals in a single CWG edition.

In para-athletics, Soman Rana (gold) and Shubham Juyal (silver) made a historic 1-2 in men's F57 shot put with throws of 13.40m and 13.28m respectively.

Despite this success, India is not expected to surpass their total medal count from Birmingham 2022, according to the article.