Commonwealth Games 2026, Highlights: India finish with 13 gold, 17 silver and nine bronze medals

India start from lane 1. Vishal TK opens with a 46.10s leg before handing over to Ansa Babu. India drop to last during the second leg.

Santosh Kumar Tamilarasan runs the third leg, and Rashdeep Kaur anchors the team home in 3:20.32s for sixth place.

Jamaica win gold in 3:10.97s, England take silver in 3:11.58s, and Nigeria claim bronze in 3:12.85s.

The final event of the athletics programme is the first-ever Commonwealth Games 4x400m mixed relay.

India will race from lane 1 in the following order:

Vishal Thennarasu Kayalvizhi, Ansa Babu, Santosh Kumar Tamilarasan and Rashdeep Kaur.

They face a strong field that includes Jamaica, England and Kenya.

Dev Meena fails his final attempt at 5.40m and his competition comes to an end.

Thomas Walley of Wales also records a third failure at the same height and finishes fifth. India’s Dev Meena takes fourth place in the men’s pole vault final.

Dev Meena records another failure at 5.40m, lacking the necessary power and speed in his approach.

Thomas Walley of Wales has also failed twice at the same height.

South Africa’s Kyle Rademeyer clears 5.40m on his second attempt and moves ahead of Dev Meena into the bronze medal position.

Dev Meena records his first failure of the day as he clatters into the bar at 5.40m.

Australia’s Kurtis Marschall, the heavy favourite for gold, finally enters the competition and clears 5.40m with ease.

England’s Owen Heard follows and also clears the same height on his first attempt.

Thomas Walley of Wales stays in the competition after clearing 5.30m on his third and final attempt.

New Zealand’s Nicholas Southgate and James Steyn both fail and are eliminated.India’s Kuldeep Kumar chooses to skip his third attempt at 5.30m. The bar is now raised to 5.40m, if he does not clear it on his first try, he will be out.

Kuldeep Kumar has failed twice at 5.30m. He must clear the bar on his final attempt or he will be eliminated from the competition.

Christos Tamanis of Cyprus, James Steyn and Nicholas Southgate of New Zealand, and Thomas Walley of Wales are under serious pressure. All four have failed twice at 5.30m, one more miss and they will be eliminated from the final.

Dev Meena produces another first-time clearance, sailing over 5.30m with ease.

Kuldeep Kumar aborts his first attempt just before planting the pole, then fails his second try as he is unable to generate enough elevation to clear the bar.

Cyprus’ Dimitris Christofi, Scotland’s Jax Thoirs and Singapore’s Jun Yu Low are out of the competition after failing three times at 5.10m.

The bar now moves up to 5.30m.

Gulveer Singh becomes the first Indian athlete to win medals in both the 5000m and 10,000m at the same Commonwealth Games, adding bronze in the 5000m to his earlier silver in the 10,000m.

Gulveer Singh edges out Kenya’s Cornelius Kemboi by just four hundredths of a second to claim bronze, clocking 13:24.95s.

Australia’s Ky Robinson takes silver in 13:24.70s, while Kenya’s Mathew Kipsang wins gold in 13:23.61s.

Gulveer Singh moves past Ky Robinson midway through the final lap. Robinson fights back to reclaim second, but the Indian holds on under pressure from Kenya’s Cornelius Kemboi to secure bronze. Gulveer Singh becomes the first Indian ever to win a Commonwealth Games medal in the 5000m.

The final lap has begun with Gulveer Singh currently running in fifth position. The pace continues to increase as the athletes push for the finish.

Gulveer Singh has dropped to sixth place with eight laps remaining in the men’s 5000m final.

Gulveer Singh is currently running in fourth position after the first 1000 metres. There are still 10 laps remaining.

Gulveer Singh, the surprise silver medallist from the 10,000m, is preparing to race. He will be looking to complete an unprecedented long-distance double for India.

Kuldeep Kumar and Dev Kumar Meena both clear 5.10m with ease and head to the sidelines. There they receive some words of wisdom from Tejaswin Shankar, the Decathlon bronze medallist. It may not be purely technical advice, but Tejaswin’s experience at major international competitions should help settle the nerves of the two Commonwealth Games debutants.

Silver for Narender Berwal in the men's 90+kg. The Indian lost to Damar Thomas of England in the final. India thus conclude their boxing campaign at CWG 2026, with seven gold and three silver. What a show by the Indian pugilists.