Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 5 Results: Harjinder Kaur and Gulveer Singh bag silver for India; boxers confirm three more medals

India won two medals on July 28, taking its total tally to 12 medals

India picked up two more silvers on day five of the Commonwealth Games 2026, and both came with a bit of history attached.

Gulveer Singh crossed the line in 27:49.78 to finish second in the men’s 10,000m, a result that awarded India its first-ever Commonwealth Games medal in the event.

Not far behind in significance was Harjinder Kaur’s silver in the women’s 69kg weightlifting, built on a personal-best snatch of 101kg.

The boxers had a solid outing too. Preeti Pawar, Priya Ghanghas, and Jadumani Singh all won their quarter-finals to reach the semis, which means three more medals are already locked in for India.

It wasn’t a clean sweep for the boxing contingent, though, as Parveen Hooda and Kapil Pokhariya both fell just short at the same stage.

Related: Commonwealth Games 2026: India’s updated schedule for Day 6 (July 29)

There was a low point in the weightlifting hall as well. Nirupama Devi Seram couldn’t convert a promising 93kg snatch into a podium finish after failing all three attempts in the clean & jerk, becoming the first Indian lifter at these Games to go home empty-handed.

Women’s high jump, swimming, and para-swimming were quieter days too, with none of India’s entrants able to break into the medal positions.

Related: Commonwealth Games 2026: India’s medal tally after Day 5, 28th July

Updated India Results – Commonwealth Games 2026 (Day 5, July 28)

Athletics

• Gulveer Singh won silver in the Men’s 10,000 m final, clocking 27:49.78 to win India’s maiden medal in the discipline, in CWG history
• Vishal TK finished second in heat 6 with a clocking of 46.49s, ranking 14th overall to comfortably clear the top-16 cut.
• Rajesh Ramesh clocked a time of 47.43s in heat 3, which placed him outside the top-16 progressive bracket required for the semi-finals. He is eliminated.
• Pooja Singh finished sixth overall. She cleared her opening height of 1.72m on her second attempt and went on to successfully clear 1.77m on her second try before bowing out.

Weightlifting

• Harjinder Kaur wins silver in Women’s 69 kg. She lifted a personal best of 101 kg in snatch.
• Nirupama Devi Seram cleared 93kg on her second attempt in the snatch but failed to make a single clear attempt in the clean & jerk segment. Unfortunately, she became the first Indian weightlifter not to win a medal at the 2026 Glasgow Games.

Related: Commonwealth Games 2026 (CWG) Day 5 Highlights

Swimming

• Sajan Prakash finishes 8th in Men’s 200m Butterfly Final with a time of 1:58.05.
• Srihari Nataraj finishes 6th in Men’s 100m Backstroke Semi-final 2 with a time of 55.58 (did not advance to final)

Para swimming

• R.V.V.B.K. Budigina finished 6th in the Men’s 50m Freestyle S13 Final with a time of 25.68s.
• Ali Imam finishes 8th in Men’s 50m Freestyle S13 Final with a time of 28.28

Boxing

• Preeti Pawar beats Nicole Clyde (Northern Ireland) in Women’s 54kg Quarter-final (5-0 unanimous decision)
• Priya Ghanghas beats Niamh Mitchell (Scotland) in Women’s 60kg Quarter-final (4-1 split decision)
• Jadumani Singh beats Mwengo Mwale (Zambia) in Men’s 55kg Quarter-final (5-0 unanimous decision)
• Parveen Hooda lost to Sacha Hickey (England) in Women’s 65kg Quarter-final (3-2 split decision)
• Kapil Pokhariya lost to Robert McNulty (Scotland) in Men’s 90kg Quarter-final (0-5 unanimous decision)

Lawn Bowls

• Nayanmoni Saikia lost to Amy Williams (Wales) by 0-2 in Women’s Singles Sectional Play

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