Punjab Newsline | Glasgow(Scotland)
The 2026 Commonwealth Games officially begin on Thursday, July 23, in Glasgow, Scotland, with nearly 3,000 athletes from 74 countries and territories competing across 10 sports for 215 gold medals.
India has sent a 125-member contingent and will begin its campaign with Lawn Bowls on the opening day. The colourful Opening Ceremony is scheduled to take place later in the evening.
This marks India's 19th appearance at the Commonwealth Games. The country first participated in 1934 and enjoyed an impressive outing at Birmingham 2022, winning 61 medals.
India's Day 1 Schedule (July 23)
Time (IST) Event
2:00 PM Men's Singles Group Stage (Lawn Bowls)
2:00 PM Women's Pairs Group Stage (Lawn Bowls)
10:30 PM onwards Opening Ceremony
Weightlifting star Mirabai Chanu will carry India's national flag during the Opening Ceremony, while Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain will lead the Indian contingent with the King's Baton.
The official mascot of the Games is Finnie, inspired by Scotland's national animal, the Unicorn.
India's Top Medal Contenders
Athlete Sport/Event
Neeraj Chopra Javelin Throw
Mirabai Chanu Weightlifting
Murali Sreeshankar Long Jump
Lovlina Borgohain Boxing
Tulika Maan Judo
India's Commonwealth Games 2026 Athlete List
Athletics
Athlete Event
Neeraj Chopra Javelin Throw
Tejaswin Shankar Decathlon(High Jump)
Gurindervir Singh 100m
Animesh Kujur 200m
Parul Chaudhary 3000m, Steeplechase, 5000m
Murali Sreeshankar Long Jump
Pooja Singh High Jump
Manpreet Kaur Shot Put
Seema Kaliramana Discus Throw
Nidhi Rani Discus Throw
Sarvesh Kushare High Jump
Praveen Chithravel Triple Jump
Selva Prabhu Triple Jump
Lokesh Sathyanathan Long Jump
Ravina Race Walk
Priyanka Goswami Race Walk
Rashdeep Kaur 400m
Neeru Pathak 400m
Ansa Babu 400m
Tejas Shirse 110m Hurdles
Yashas Palaksha 400m Hurdles
Santosh T400m Hurdles
Dev Meena Pole Vault
Kuldeep Kumar Pole Vault
Rohit Yadav Javelin Throw
Yashvir Singh Javelin Throw
Vishal TK400m
Rajesh Ramesh 400m
Tajinderpal Singh Tur Shot Put
Samardeep Singh Gill Shot Put
Adarsh Ram High Jump
Boxing
Athlete Category
Sakshi Chaudhary 51kg
Jasmine Lamboria 57kg
Preeti Pawar 54kg
Priya Ghanghas 60kg
Parveen Hooda 65kg
Arundhati Chaudhary 70kg
Lovlina Borgohain 75kg
Jadumani Singh 55kg
Sachin Siwach 60kg
Aditya Pratap Singh 65kg
Sumit Kundu 70kg
Ankush 80kg
Kapil Pokharia 90kg
Narendra Berwal +90kg
Weightlifting
Athletes Mirabai Chanu, Gyaneshwari Devi, Bindyarani Devi, Harjinder Kaur, Sanjana, Martina Devi, Rishikant Singh, M. Raja, Ajay Babu, Dilbag Singh, Lovepreet Singh
Track Cycling
Athletes Ronaldo Singh David Beckham Rozit Singh Dinesh Kumar Jamesh Singh Harshveer Sekhon
Swimming
Athletes Aneesh Gowda Sajan Prakash Srihari Nataraj Aryan Nehra Darshan Shashi kumar
Lawn Bowls
Athletes Pinki Nayanmoni Saikia Rupa Rani Tirkey Dinesh Kumar Navneet Singh Putul Sonowal
Judo
Athlete Category
Shraddha Choudhary 52kg
Asmita Dey 48kg
Tulika Maan +78kg
Inungnabi 70kg
Ishroop Narang 78kg
Yamini Maurya 57kg
Unnati Sharma 63kg
Avtar Singh +100kg
Yash Ghanghas 100kg
Arun Kumar 73kg
Karanjit Singh Mann 90kg
Rohit 66kg
Harsh Tokas 81kg
Harsh Singh 60kg
Artistic Gymnastics
Pranati Nayak, Nishika Agrawal, Ishita Rewale, Pratishtha Samanta, Tapan Mohanty, Satyajit Mandal, Tapaswera Nath and Swatish Kaitheri.
Para Athletics
Sharmila, Devendra Kumar, Rakeshbhai Bhatt, Dilip Gavit, Shubham Juyal, Shilpa Shaila, Soman Rana, Basil, Rakesh Shanmugam and Sagar Thyat.
Para Powerlifting
Shreyansh Trivedi, Jaspreet Kaur, Suman Devi, Kasturi Rajamani, Paramjit, Ashok Kumar, Jhandu Kumar and Sudhir.
Para Swimming
Ravi Veera, Ali Imam, Suyash Jadhav, Swastik Patil, Chaitanya Kulkarni and Tejas Nandakumar.
Wheelchair Basketball
Reena Gupta, Rita Chanu, Meenakshi Jadhav, Lakshmi Rayappa and Lisha Das.
Para Cycling
Lisha Das.
