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India ends CWG 2026 in Glasgow with 39 medals
Times of India··3 Aug
India closed the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with 39 medals, 13 gold, 17 silver and nine bronze, falling short of the 50 medal mark reached at every edition since 2002. Mirabai Chanu won her third straight weightlifting gold, Tejaswin Shankar took India's first CWG decathlon medal, and boxing delivered a record seven golds among ten medals overall.
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What It Means For You
- Sports fans following India's Commonwealth Games campaign get a full picture of a 39 medal finish anchored by record performances in boxing, judo and para sports.
- Young athletes in emerging sports like judo and para athletics now have fresh role models after India's strongest ever showings in these disciplines at Glasgow 2026.
- Anyone tracking India's Olympic pipeline can note Neeraj Chopra's continued form and Tejaswin Shankar's historic decathlon medal ahead of future multi sport events.
What's Happening
- India finished the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow with 39 medals, 13 gold, 17 silver and nine bronze, short of the 50 medal mark reached since 2002.
- Boxing delivered a record seven gold medals among ten total, while judo returned four medals including two golds, its best ever campaign.
- Mirabai Chanu won her third consecutive weightlifting gold, Tejaswin Shankar earned India's first CWG decathlon medal, and Neeraj Chopra took silver in javelin.
Smaller Games, Smaller Squad, Similar Medal Rate
- Glasgow replaced Victoria, Australia as host after the original organisers withdrew over costs, resulting in fewer medal rich sports on the programme this edition.
- India sent 122 athletes to Glasgow versus 210 to Birmingham in 2022, yet its medal conversion rate of 31 percent slightly exceeded Birmingham's 29 percent.
- Weightlifting, hit by doping related quota cuts from 16 to 11 athletes, still delivered eight medals led by Mirabai Chanu's historic gold.
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