India’s athletics campaign at the Commonwealth Games 2026 starts on Monday, July 27, headlined by a three-way contest in the men’s high jump final.
National record holder Sarvesh Kushare, former record holder Tejaswin Shankar and Aadarsh Ram Jothi Shankar all line up in the final today.
Sarvesh Kushare and Tejaswin Shankar will be the big draw.
Earlier this month, Kushare broke Shankar’s eight-year-old national record with a 2.31m leap in Bhubaneswar and comes into Glasgow 2026 on the back of a third-place finish at the Monaco Diamond League.
Shankar, though he has turned his focus to decathlon in recent years, is still counted among the country’s premier athletes and won a bronze in the event at Birmingham 2022 – India’s only medal in the high jump at the CWG.
Another national record holder, Tejas Shirse, opens his men’s 110m hurdles campaign in the heats, with the final also scheduled later tonight, should he qualify.
On the track, 100m national record holder Gurindervir Singh runs his round 1 heat, while long jump medal hope Murali Sreeshankar, a Commonwealth Games 2022 silver medallist, features in qualifying alongside compatriot Lokesh Sathyanathan.
Away from track and field, India have three weightlifting finals at the SEC Armadillo, with Gyaneshwari Yadav (women’s 53kg), Birmingham 2022 silver medallist Bindyarani Devi (women’s 58kg) and Valluri Ajaya Babu (men’s 79kg) all in podium contention today.
With Mirabai Chanu bagging gold and Rishikanta Singh and Muthupandi Raja clinching silvers on Sunday, Indian lifters have already left a mark in this year’s Commonwealth Games.
In artistic gymnastics, Protistha Samanta will contest the women’s vault final at The Arena. Olympian Pranati Nayak, meanwhile, is a reserve. Swathish KP is also a reserve for the men’s rings final.
India’s boxers have four round of 16 bouts, with Sachin Siwach (men’s 60kg), Ankush (men’s 80kg), Sakshi Chaudhary (women’s 51kg) and Sumit Kundu (men’s 70kg) all set to enter the ring.
Sakshi will be up against a former Commonwealth Games medal winner in Botswana’s Lethabo Modukanele.
Swimming features Olympian Sajan Prakash in the men’s 200m butterfly and Aryan Nehra in the men’s 800m freestyle final, while para swimmer Swatik Patil races the men’s SB9 100m breaststroke.
India’s para athletes are also in medal action in the women’s F57 shot put and the men’s T38 100m.
In bowls, Putul Sonowal will face Kenya’s Anwar Hamada in his final sectional-play match after his semi-final hopes were dashed on Sunday.
Commonwealth Games 2026 India schedule today: July 27
All in Indian Standard Time (IST)
3×3 wheelchair basketball
- Women’s Pool B round: India vs Nigeria – 12:00 AM (July 28)
Artistic Gymnastics
- Medal event: Women’s vault final (Protistha Samanta, Pranati Nayak [reserve]) – 6:15 PM
- Medal event: Men’s rings final (Swathish KP [reserve]) – 8:55 PM
Athletics
- Men’s 100m round 1 heat 4 (Gurindervir Singh) – 2:40 PM
- Men’s long jump qualifying Group A (Murali Sreeshankar) – 3:00 PM
- Men’s 110m hurdles round 1 heat 1 (Tejas Shirse) – 3:55 PM
- Men’s long jump qualifying Group B (Lokesh Sathyanathan) – 4:20 PM
- Medal event: Men’s high jump final (Sarvesh Kushare, Aadarsh Ram Jothi Shankar, Tejaswin Shankar) – 11:40 PM
- Medal event: Men’s 110m hurdles final (Tejas Shirse – if qualified) – 2:15 AM (July 28)
Bowls
- Men’s singles sectional play: Putul Sonowal (IND) vs Anwar Hamada (KEN) – 10:05 PM
Boxing
- Men’s 60kg round of 16: Sachin Siwach (IND) vs William Hewitt (ENG) – 4:45 PM
- Men’s 80kg round of 16: Ankush (IND) vs Zalaan Jan (ANT) – 6:00 PM
- Women’s 51kg round of 16: Sakshi Chaudhary (IND) vs Lethabo Modukanele (BOT) – 10:30 PM
- Men’s 70kg round of 16: Sumit Kundu (IND) vs Jon McConnell (NIR) – 1:00 AM (July 28)
Para athletics
- Medal event: Women’s shot put F57 final (Shilpa Kanchugarakoppalu Shyla, Sharmila) – 11:35 PM
- Medal event: Men’s T38 100m final (Rakeshbhai Bhatt, Shreyansh Trivedi) – 1:57 AM (July 28)
Para swimming
- Men’s SB9 100m breaststroke heat 2 (Swatik Patil) – 4:26 PM
- Medal event: Men’s SB9 100m breaststroke final (Swatik Patil – if qualified) – 12:02 AM (July 28)
Swimming
- Men’s 200m butterfly heat 2 (Sajan Prakash) – 3:00 PM
- Medal event: Men’s 800m freestyle final (Aryan Nehra) – 1:07 AM (July 28)
- Medal event: Men’s 200m butterfly final (Sajan Prakash – if qualified) – 1:44 AM (July 28)
Weightlifting
- Medal event: Women’s 53kg final (Gyaneshwari Yadav) – 5:30 PM
- Medal event: Women’s 58kg final (Bindyarani Devi) – 8:00 PM
- Medal event: Men’s 79kg final (Valluri Ajaya Babu) – 12:30 AM (July 28)
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