Glasgow 2026:Mirabai Chanu wins India's First Gold🥇
Published on Jul 26, 20262 min readBy The Bharat 2030 CWG Team
Mirabai Chanu wins gold with a Commonwealth Games record 190kg lift in Women's 48kg weightlifting; Rishikanta Singh adds silver in Men's 60kg at Glasgow 2026.
India Strike Gold! Mirabai Chanu Saikhom Smashes Records to Open India's Glasgow 2026 Medal Account
India opened its Glasgow 2026 medal account in style on 26 July, with Mirabai Chanu Saikhom winning gold in the Women's 48kg weightlifting final at SEC Armadillo — and with a silver from Rishikanta Singh in the Men's 60kg category.
Gold: Mirabai Chanu Saikhom, Weightlifting Women's 48kg
Going in as the heavy favourite, the former Olympic silver medallist was untouchable throughout the final.
Snatch: Opened with 82kg (no lift), came back to make 82kg, then lifted 85kg for a new Commonwealth Record (CR) and Games Record (GR).
Clean & Jerk: No-lifted her opening 105kg attempt, then converted it on her second attempt for 105kg — a new Games Record (GR).
Total: 190kg (GR) — a Games Record and clear margin of victory.
Final result — Women's 48kg
Rank | Athlete | Country | Snatch | C&J | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
🥇 | Mirabai Chanu Saikhom | IND | 85 (CR, GR) | 105 (GR) | 190 (GR) |
🥈 | Ruth Asuquo Nyong | NGR | 75 | 93 | 168 |
🥉 | Irene Jane Henry | MAS | 77 | 90 | 167 |
Source: official Glasgow 2026 results sheet, Women's 48kg Final, SEC Armadillo, 26 Jul 2026 : Glasgow 2026 | Games Results.
This is Mirabai's third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold — following Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022 — preceded by a silver on her Games debut at Glasgow 2014.
Silver: Rishikanta Singh Chanambam, Men's 60kg weightlifting
India's second medal of the Games came earlier the same day, with Rishikanta Singh Chanambam taking silver in the Men's 60kg category. He matched the eventual gold medallist lift-for-lift in the snatch, both closing that phase on 121kg — his third and final attempt at 121kg stood as a new Games Record (GR) in the snatch. He couldn't match the pace in the clean & jerk, finishing with 143kg to gold medallist Bin Kasdan Mohamad Aniq's 152kg, and took silver on a total of 264kg to Aniq's Games-Record 273kg.
Final result — Men's 60kg (Official)
Rank | Athlete | Country | Snatch | C&J | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
🥇 | Bin Kasdan Mohamad Aniq | MAS | 121 | 152 (GR) | 273 (GR) |
🥈 | Rishikanta Singh Chanambam | IND | 121 (GR) | 143 | 264 |
🥉 | Joshua Amunga Mboya | KEN | 115 | 145 | 260 |
Source: Source: official Glasgow 2026 results sheet, Men's 60kg Final, SEC Armadillo, 26 Jul 2026: Glasgow 2026 | Games Results
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