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Published on Jul 26, 20263 min readBy The Bharat 2030 CWG Team
Mirabai Chanu wins gold Commonwealth Games record 190kg lift in Women's 48kg weightlifting; Rishikanta Singh & Raja M adds silver:Men's 60kg & 65kg at Glasgow
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 тАФ and with two silverd from Rishikanta Singh in the Men's 60kg and Raja M in the Men's 65kg 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 тАФ a new Games Record (GR).
Total: 190kg (GR) тАФ a Games Record and clear margin of victory.
Final result тАФ Women's 48kg
Rank | Athlete | Country | Snatch | C&J | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ЁЯеЗ | Mirabai Chanu Saikhom | IND | 85 (CR, GR) | 105 (GR) | 190 (GR) |
ЁЯеИ | Ruth Asuquo Nyong | NGR | 75 | 93 | 168 |
ЁЯеЙ | 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 тАФ following Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022 тАФ 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 тАФ 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 тАФ Men's 60kg
Rank | Athlete | Country | Snatch | C&J | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ЁЯеЗ | Bin Kasdan Mohamad Aniq | MAS | 121 | 152 (GR) | 273 (GR) |
ЁЯеИ | Rishikanta Singh Chanambam | IND | 121 (GR) | 143 | 264 |
ЁЯеЙ | 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
Silver: Raja Muthupandi, Men's 65kg
India picked up a second silver of the evening, with Raja Muthupandi finishing runner-up in the Men's 65kg category. He opened with a no-lift at 126kg in the snatch, came back to make it on his second attempt, and closed out at 126kg for the round. In the clean & jerk he built through 158kg (no lift), 160kg, before a final push at 170kg went begging тАФ his 160kg C&J stood, for a total of 286kg and second place behind Malaysia's Aznil Bin Bidin Muhamad, who took gold with a Games Record 299kg total (133kg snatch GR, 166kg C&J GR).
Final result тАФ Men's 65kg
Rank | Athlete | Country | Snatch | C&J | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ЁЯеЗ | Aznil Bin Bidin Muhamad | MAS | 133 (GR) | 166 (GR) | 299 (GR) |
ЁЯеИ | Raja Muthupandi | IND | 126 | 160 | 286 |
ЁЯеЙ | Morea Baru | PNG | 125 | 157 | 282 |
Source: official Glasgow 2026 results sheet, Men's 65kg Final, SEC Armadillo, 26 Jul 2026 : Glasgow 2026 | Games Results
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