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India finishes fourth in the overall standings with 39 medals at Glasgow 2026.

Commonwealth Games 2026

  • Host City: Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

  • Mascot Name: Finnie

  • Participating Nations: 74 Commonwealth nations and territories competed 

  • Sports Included (10): Athletics, Para-Athletics, Swimming, Para-Swimming, Track Cycling, Para-Track Cycling, Weightlifting, Boxing, Judo, Bowls, Para-Bowls, 3x3 Basketball, and Wheelchair 3x3 Basketball

  • Omitted Traditional Sports: Shooting, Wrestling, Badminton, Table Tennis, and Field Hockey. These sports contributed 30 of India's 61 medals at Birmingham 2022.

Host City / Region for 2030: Ahmedabad (Amdavad), Gujarat, India

India's Contingent: India fielded a tight squad of 122 athletes in 10 sports.

  • The Sports Ministry originally approved 126 athletes. However, rejections and doping suspensions reduced the final list to 122.

  • Flag-Bearer (Opening): Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting).

  • Baton-Bearer (Opening): Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing).

  • Flag-Bearer (Closing): Jaismine Lamboria (Boxing).

Rank

Country

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total Medals

1

Australia

70

45

56

171

2

England

29

45

36

110

3

Canada

19

20

23

62

4

India

13

17

9

39

5

Scotland

13

9

17

39

Major Highlights 

Indian boxers registered the most dominant single-nation boxing campaign in CWG history by winning 10 medals from a 14-member squad (7 Gold, 3 Silver).

  • Female boxers won five gold medals.

Athletics & Para-Athletics achieved a combined return of 16 medals (3 Gold, 7 Silver, 6 Bronze) 

  • Javelin Achievements: Neeraj Chopra captured the silver medal in the men's javelin final.

Weightlifting Secured 8 medals (1 Gold, 6 Silver, 1 Bronze)  

India recorded its best-ever judo show by winning 4 medals (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze) 

  • Harsh Singh (-60kg) and Asmita Dey (-48kg) became India's first-ever gold medalists in judo at the Commonwealth Games.

Outstanding Indian Performers

  • Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting): Wins the gold medal in the Women's 48kg category with a total lift of 190kg. Completes a historic hat-trick of successive CWG gold medals (2018, 2022, 2026).

    • Becomes only the second Indian female athlete after wrestler Vinesh Phogat to achieve three consecutive gold medals at the Games.

Gulveer Singh (Athletics): Wins silver in the Men's 10,000m and bronze in the Men's 5,000m.

  • Becomes the first Indian track and field athlete to win two individual medals at a single CWG edition.

Source: ndtv

PRACTICE QUESTION

Q. Consider the following statements regarding the sports governance and anti-doping systems in India:

1. Under the National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Act, 2025, the National Board for Anti-Doping in Sports acts as a supervisory mechanism over NADA.

2. The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, established in compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code.

3. India’s anti-doping laws are entirely administrative guidelines and lack statutory backing.

Which of the statements given above are correct? 

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2, and 3

Answer: (a)

Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct: The National Anti-Doping Act and its 2025 amendment establish the National Board for Anti-Doping in Sports to oversee NADA’s activities and advise the government. 

Statement 2 is correct: The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) operates as an autonomous/statutory body under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to implement the World Anti-Doping Code. 

Statement 3 is incorrect: India's anti-doping system is backed by explicit statutory legislation (the National Anti-Doping Act and its amendments) rather than mere administrative guidelines.