India is experiencing a massive late surge at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. As of Saturday evening (August 1, Day 10), India’s medal tally has climbed to 34 medals, comprising 11 Gold, 15 Silver, and 8 Bronze.

This impressive haul has propelled India to 4th place in the overall Commonwealth Games standings. Australia continues to dominate the table by a wide margin, followed by England and Canada.

Day 10 (August 1): Boxing Dominance

Saturday, August 1, has proven to be an incredibly lucrative day, driven almost entirely by India’s dominance in the boxing ring. A remarkable 10 Indian boxers advanced to their respective finals.

Thus far in the evening session, India has secured five boxing gold medals out of the first six finals contested.

  • Arundhati Choudhary (Gold): Capped off a dominant performance to win gold in the women’s 70kg category, defeating England’s Chantelle Reid with a unanimous 5-0 victory.
  • Priya Ghanghas (Gold): Held her nerve to clinch gold in a tense women’s 60kg final, defeating Canada’s Marie-Bathoul Al-Ahmadieh by a 4-1 split decision.
  • Sakshi Choudhary (Gold): Won gold in the women’s 51kg category.
  • Lovlina Borgohain (Silver): In a shocking upset, the Olympic medalist settled for silver in the women’s 75kg final after a 4-1 split-decision defeat to Australia’s Emma-Sue Greentree.

Day 9 (July 31): Historic Breakthroughs in Judo and Athletics

Friday, July 31, was one of India’s most successful single days of the competition, bringing in six medals across judo and athletics.

Judo India secured its first-ever Commonwealth Games gold medals in judo on Day 9.

  • Asmita Dey (Gold): Claimed gold in the women’s 48kg event after defeating Canada’s Heidi Quach 2-1 in a dramatic final that went into Golden Score.
  • Harsh Singh (Gold): Became the first Indian male judoka to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal, defeating Australia’s Joshua Katz 10-0 (Waza-Ari) in the men’s 60kg final.
  • Yamini Mourya (Silver): Secured silver in the women’s 57kg category after a closely fought final against England’s Acelya Toprak.

Athletics The track and field events also provided historic moments and a double podium finish.

  • Neeraj Chopra (Silver): Won silver in the men’s javelin final with a season-best throw of 85.83m, finishing behind Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage.
  • Yash Vir Singh (Bronze): Delivered a personal-best throw of 85.41m to claim bronze alongside Chopra.
  • Tejaswin Shankar (Bronze): Became the first Indian athlete to win a Commonwealth Games medal in the decathlon, collecting bronze with 7,976 points.

Para Sports: A Historic Campaign

India concluded its para-sports campaign with a historic, best-ever tally of seven medals in Glasgow (three Gold, two Silver, and two Bronze).

  • Dilip Mahadu Gavit (Gold): Won the men’s 100m T47 event, setting a new Commonwealth Games record of 10.71 seconds.
  • Soman Rana (Gold) & Shubham Juyal (Silver): Achieved a dominant one-two finish in the Men’s Shot Put F57 final.
  • Sharmila Dhankar (Gold) & Shilpa Shyla (Bronze): Secured a double podium in the Women’s Shot Put F57 event.
  • Mohammed Basil Morssinganakth (Silver): Secured silver in the Men’s 100m T47 event.
  • Jhandu Kumar (Bronze): Won bronze in the Men’s Heavyweight Para Powerlifting event.