Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 3 Round-Up: India’s Medals and Highlights (26 July)

Sunday, 26 July delivered a golden morning for Indian sport at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. On Day 3 of competition, India’s weightlifters carried the flag, adding a gold and two silver medals to the tally and pushing the country’s overall count to four medals so far. Leading the charge was the incomparable Mirabai Chanu, who rewrote the record books to complete a remarkable hat-trick of Commonwealth Games titles.

India’s medals on Day 3

Mirabai Chanu makes history

Mirabai Chanu was in a class of her own in the women’s 48kg final. The Manipuri lifter hoisted 85kg in the snatch and 105kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 190kg, setting Games records in the snatch, the clean and jerk and the overall total. It sealed her third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold in the category, following her titles at Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022, and adds to the silver she won on home-cycle debut at Glasgow 2014 — poetically, in the same city that now hosts these Games.

Chanu’s hat-trick underlines her standing as one of India’s most consistent global performers and set the tone for a strong day on the platform. Her dominance was the centrepiece of a weightlifting campaign that India had flagged as a key medal source in our Glasgow 2026 India squad preview.

Silver linings from the men’s platform

The good news kept coming. Rishikanta Singh claimed silver in the men’s 60kg category, holding his nerve against a competitive field to stand on the podium. Later, Tamil Nadu’s Raja Muthupandi added a second silver in the men’s 65kg event with a combined total of 286kg, capping a productive session for the Indian contingent. Two silvers on a single morning is a healthy return and keeps India firmly in the medal-table conversation early in the Games.

With those results, India’s tally at the close of Day 3 stood at four medals — one gold, two silver and one bronze. You can follow how the standings evolve across every sport on our Sports Rankings & Standings 2026 hub.

Global highlights

Away from the weightlifting, the pool once again produced the fireworks. South Africa’s Pieter Coetzé continued his stellar meet, storming to gold in the men’s 50m backstroke in a championship-record time and racking up another Games record among his individual swims. Australia’s Cam McEvoy underlined his sprint pedigree, clocking 20.97 in the men’s 50m freestyle to become the first man in history with multiple sub-21-second swims. Alex Perkins took the women’s 100m butterfly for Australia, while the Australians also set a Games record on their way to victory in a men’s 4×100m freestyle relay. On the 3×3 basketball courts, Australia maintained a 100% record in both the men’s and women’s events to progress directly to the semi-finals.

Looking ahead to Day 4

Monday, 27 July is a landmark day: athletics gets under way at Scotstoun Stadium, where the revived Commonwealth Mile and a star-studded field — headlined by world mile record holder Josh Kerr — will draw the eyes of the sporting world, as previewed in our look at the Glasgow 2026 athletics field.

• Athletics: Men’s high jump final with Tejaswin Shankar, Sarvesh Anil Kushare and J Aadarsh Ram all in medal contention; Murali Sreeshankar and Lokesh Satyanathan in men’s long jump qualification; Gurindervir Singh in the 100m and Tejas Shirse in the 110m hurdles heats.
• Weightlifting: Gyaneshwari Yadav in the women’s 53kg final, followed by the experienced Bindyarani Devi in the women’s 58kg and V Ajaya Babu in the men’s 79kg.

India’s field-events hopefuls have been among the country’s brightest medal prospects — see our detailed preview of India’s shot put and triple jump chances for context on the throws and jumps to come. Stay with Prime Hunt Daily for morning-after round-ups throughout Glasgow 2026.

All results verified against multiple reports at the time of publication. Marks and standings are updated as official confirmations are released.