President Droupadi Murmu on Monday congratulated Indian athletes for their impressive performance at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, highlighting the contribution of women athletes in the country’s medal tally.
“I am delighted that India’s sportspersons have put up excellent performance at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. I am especially happy to note that women have brought us 8 out of the 13 gold medals won by India. My hearty congratulations to all the 39 medal winners and every member of the contingent who contributed during the Games. I am sure that India’s sportspersons will bring greater glory to the country in the future international events,” President Murmu said in a post on X.
India concluded its campaign at the Games with 39 medals — 13 gold, 17 silver and nine bronze — despite competing in a reduced programme that excluded several medal-winning disciplines, including wrestling, badminton, table tennis, hockey and shooting.
The 122-member Indian contingent competed across eight able-bodied sports and five integrated para sports from July 23 to August 2. Australia topped the medal standings with 171 medals, followed by England with 110 and Canada with 62. India and hosts Scotland both ended with 39 medals, but India secured fourth place due to a higher number of silver medals.
Boxing was India’s most successful discipline, producing 10 medals, including a record seven gold medals — the highest by any nation in boxing at a single Commonwealth Games.
The gold medal winners in boxing were Preeti Pawar (54kg), Jaismine Lamboria (57kg), Sakshi Chaudhary (51kg), Priya Ghanghas (60kg), Arundhati Choudhary (70kg), Sachin Siwach (60kg) and Ankush Panghal (80kg). Lovlina Borgohain won silver in the women’s 75kg category, while Jadumani Singh (55kg) and Narender Berwal (+90kg) also finished runners-up.
Weightlifting contributed eight medals, including India’s first gold of the Games through Mirabai Chanu in the women’s 48kg category. The sport also produced six silver medals through Rishikanta Singh, Muthupandi Raja, Gyaneshwari Yadav, Valluri Ajaya Babu, Harjinder Kaur and Lovepreet Singh, while Bindyarani Devi secured bronze.
Athletics fetched India 10 medals, including five silver and five bronze. Gulveer Singh created history by becoming the first Indian track and field athlete to win two individual medals at a single Commonwealth Games, claiming silver in the men’s 10,000m and bronze in the 5,000m.
Neeraj Chopra won silver in the men’s javelin throw, while Murali Sreeshankar (long jump), Sarvesh Kushare (high jump) and Praveen Chithravel (triple jump) also secured silver medals. Tejaswin Shankar, Yash Vir Singh, Selva Prabhu, Seema Kaliramna and Gulveer Singh won bronze medals in their respective events.
India’s para athletes recorded their best-ever Commonwealth Games performance, winning seven medals — three gold, two silver and two bronze. Para athletics accounted for six medals, ending India’s 20-year wait for a podium finish in the discipline at the Games.
Dilip Gavit (100m T47), Sharmila Dhankar (shot put F57) and Soman Rana (shot put F57) won gold medals, while Mohammed Basil (100m T47) and Shubham Juyal (shot put F57) claimed silver. Shilpa K. Shyla won bronze in shot put F57, while Jhandu Kumar added a bronze medal in para powerlifting.
Judo also delivered a memorable campaign, with Asmita Dey becoming India’s first Commonwealth Games champion in the sport. Harsh Singh added another gold medal, while Yamini Mourya won silver and Unnati Sharma secured bronze.
India’s final medal tally by sport stood at boxing (10), athletics (10), weightlifting (8), para athletics (6), judo (4) and para powerlifting (1).
With the Glasgow edition completed, India’s overall Commonwealth Games medal tally rose to 603 medals from 19 appearances, making it the fourth-most successful nation in the history of the Games behind Australia, England and Canada.
(With agency inputs)
