India won 2 silver medals at the Commonwealth Games 2026 on Tuesday. Gulveer Singh won in the 10,000m race and Harjinder Kaur in weightlifting. India is now 9th with 12 medals.
Tuesday brought double delight for India at the Commonwealth Games 2026. India secured two silver medals, bringing the total medal count to 12. However, despite these wins, India slipped one place to the 9th position in the medal tally.
In the late-night events on Tuesday, India's Gulveer Singh won a silver medal in the men's 10,000m final.
Shortly before him, female weightlifter Harjinder Kaur had added another silver medal to India's tally in the 69 kg weightlifting competition.
At the competition held at Scotstoun Stadium, Gulveer delivered a spectacular performance. He finished the race in second place with a time of 27:49.78 seconds.
The gold medal in this event was won by Australia's Kai Robinson (27:48.93 seconds), while David Mullarkey of the Isle of Man (27:50.28 seconds) took the bronze.
After joining 'The Grenadiers Regiment' in 2018, Gulveer Singh has consistently progressed in Indian athletics, becoming one of the country's leading distance runners.
He won a bronze in the 5000m at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships and a bronze in the 10,000m at the 2022 Asian Games.
He then established himself as a top long-distance runner in Asia by winning gold medals in both the 5000m and 10,000m at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships held in South Korea.
Female weightlifter Harjinder Kaur clinched the silver medal in the 69 kg category by lifting a total of 227 kg.
She achieved her personal bests with 101 kg in the 'snatch' and 126 kg in the 'clean and jerk'.
Canada's Charlotte Simoneau won the gold medal by lifting a total of 240 kg, while Australia's Nyah Phoebe Heyman secured the bronze with 218 kg.
This is the seventh medal for India in weightlifting, which includes one gold, five silvers, and one bronze.
Mirabai Chanu has won the only gold medal for India in the women's 49 kg category.
Rishikanta Singh Chanambam, Raja Muthupandi, Valluri Ajay Babu, Gyaneshwari Yadav, and Harjinder Kaur have won silver medals, while Bindyarani Devi Sorokhaibam has secured a bronze.
With these two medals, India is in 9th place with a total of 12 medals (2 gold, 7 silver, 3 bronze).
Australia remains firmly in the first position with a total of 80 medals, including 35 gold.
Canada is in second place with 13 gold, and England is third with 10 gold.
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