Mirabai Chanu stole the spotlight by winning her third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women’s 48kg category. The Olympic silver medalist overcame an early failed attempt before delivering a masterclass, lifting a combined 190kg. He set a new Commonwealth Games record of 85kg in the snatch and followed it up with a successful 105kg clean and jerk to comfortably retain his title. The win also gave Chanu his fourth Commonwealth Games medal, further cementing his place among India’s great weightlifters.
India’s weightlifting campaign received another boost through Rishikanta Singh, who claimed silver in the men’s 60kg category. The Manipuri lifter equaled the Commonwealth Games snatch record with 121kg before finishing with a total of 264kg. Raja Muthupandi completed India’s medal sweep in weightlifting by taking silver in the men’s 65kg division with a combined lift of 286kg, marking a successful return to the Commonwealth Games after missing the previous edition due to injury.
The boxing team continued to impress as Jadumani Singh produced a dominant performance to defeat Pakistan’s Sumama Rehman by unanimous decision and reach the men’s 55kg quarter-finals. Preeti Pawar also advanced after forcing a referee-stop contest against Malawi’s Deborah Mtenje in the women’s 54kg event. Aditya Pratap Yadav was the only Indian boxer to come out on the day, losing in a closely fought split decision.
India also improved in the pool, where the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay team of Srihari Nataraj, Aryan Nehra, Aneesh Gowda and Dhakshan Shashikumar qualified for the final before finishing sixth.
Outing is more difficult in other disciplines. India’s lawn bowls campaign ended after losses in the men’s singles and women’s pairs events, artistic gymnast Tapan Mohanty placed 15th in the men’s all-around final, and the women’s 3×3 wheelchair basketball team lost to Scotland.
Attention now shifts to Day 5, where India will be in action across athletics, boxing, weightlifting, gymnastics, swimming, lawn bowls and wheelchair basketball, with plenty of medal opportunities on offer as the Games gather.