India won 6 medals on the 5th day of Commonwealth Games 2026. Sharmila Dhankar won historic gold in Para Athletics Shot Put. Dnyaneshwari, Sarvesh and Ajay won silver, while Bindyarani and Shilpa won bronze medals. India’s total medal tally reached 10.
India gave its best performance so far on the 5th day of the Commonwealth Games 2026. India won a total of 6 medals, including Sharmila Dhankar’s historic gold medal in the women’s shot put F57. Whereas, Dnyaneshwari Yadav, Sarvesh Kushare and Valluri Ajay Babu won silver medals, while Bindyarani Devi and Shilpa K. Shaila won the bronze medal. With this the country’s total medal count has reached 10.
Sharmila’s historic gold in para athletics
The most memorable moment of the day came in para athletics, where Sharmila Dhankar won the gold medal in the women’s shot put F57 event with a season-best throw of 9.81m. According to ESPN, she has become the first athlete from India to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Para Athletics. The celebrations doubled for India when Shilpa K. Shaila was upgraded to bronze medal from fourth place. This was India’s first double podium finish at the Glasgow Games. Ghana’s Zinabu Issa won the silver medal with a best effort of 8.65 metres.
Sarvesh created history in athletics
Indian athletics won another medal as national record holder Sarvesh Kushare created history by winning a silver medal in men’s high jump. He became the first Indian to win a silver medal in this event at the Commonwealth Games. Kushare cleared a height of 2.25 metres, but narrowly missed out on gold on countback. Romain Beckford of Jamaica also cleared the same height, but his performance was better. England’s Kimani Jack won the bronze medal with 2.20 metres.
India’s dominance in weightlifting continues
Weightlifting once again proved to be India’s strongest sport, winning three more medals, taking the country’s medal tally in the sport to six. Gyaneshwari Yadav opened the day by winning a silver medal in the women’s 53 kg category on her Commonwealth Games debut. 23-year-old Dnyaneshwari, who moved up from the 49kg category to replace Olympic champion Mirabai Chanu, lifted her personal best of 199kg (88kg in snatch and 111kg in clean and jerk). She successfully completed all six of her attempts and briefly held the Commonwealth Games clean and jerk record, before Nigeria’s Onome Omolola Didih won gold with a Games-record total of 206 kg.
Later, Bindyarani Devi won her second consecutive Commonwealth Games medal by winning the bronze medal in the women’s 58 kg category. He had won a silver medal in Birmingham four years ago. The Manipuri lifter lifted a total of 199 kg (87 kg in snatch and 112 kg in clean and jerk), while Nigeria’s Rafiatu Folashade Lawal defended her title with a Games-record total lift of 229 kg and Canada’s Ann Sophie Taschereau won silver with 215 kg.
In the last weightlifting event of the day, 22-year-old Valluri Ajay Babu narrowly missed out on gold in the men’s 79kg event. The lifter from Andhra Pradesh created a Commonwealth Games record of 149 kg in the snatch and finished with a total of 330 kg (149 kg + 181 kg). Malaysia’s Muhammad Ari Hidayat took the gold medal with a lift of 331 kg after a Games-record clean and jerk of 184 kg, while Scotland’s Chris Murray won the bronze medal with a lift of 325 kg.
Strong performance in other sports also
India also performed encouragingly in other sports. Long jumper Murali Sreeshankar easily qualified for the men’s long jump final with an effort of 8.01m, while Lokesh Satyanathan also advanced with a jump of 7.77m. Tejas Shirse made it to the final of the men’s 110m hurdles by clocking 13.76 seconds in the heats, although he later finished last in the final. Gurindervir Singh’s campaign ended in the men’s 100m heats as he clocked 10.39 seconds and finished 28th overall.
In swimming, Olympian Sajan Prakash entered the men’s 200m butterfly final with a timing of 1:59.58 and finished eighth in the medal race. Aryan Nehra finished seventh in the men’s 800m freestyle final. Para swimmer Swatik Patil qualified for the men’s 100m breaststroke SB9 final with the sixth fastest time in the heats and finished fifth in the final.
India’s boxers continued their strong performance. Sachin Siwach defeated England’s William Hewitt 4-1 in the men’s 60kg round of 16, Ankush registered an impressive 5-0 win over Antigua and Barbuda’s Zalan Jan in the men’s 80kg category, and Sakshi Chaudhary defeated Botswana’s Lethabo Modukanel 5-0 in the women’s 51kg category. However, Sumit Kundu bowed out in the men’s 70kg round of 16 after losing to Northern Ireland’s John McConnell.
Elsewhere, Protistha Samantha finished seventh in the women’s vault final in artistic gymnastics, while Putul Sonowal lost to Kenya’s Anwar Hamada in the men’s singles sectional play in bowls.
Indian medal winners till date
At the end of Day 5, India had won 10 medals – two gold, five silver and three bronze. India’s medal winners so far are Mirabai Chanu (gold, weightlifting), Sharmila Dhankar (gold, women’s shot put F57), Rishikant Singh (silver, weightlifting), Muthupandi Raja (silver, weightlifting), Dnyaneshwari Yadav (silver, weightlifting), Sarvesh Kushare (silver, men’s high jump), Valluri Ajay Babu (silver, Weightlifting), Bindyarani Devi (Bronze, Weightlifting), Shilpa K. Shaila (Bronze, Women’s Shot Put F57) and Jhandu Kumar (Bronze, Para Powerlifting). (ANI)
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