India has received a tremendous performance at the Commonwealth Games 2026 with 22 medals in total despite traditional medal-winning sport being discontinued ahead of the event. The Indian boxing team is the lead in this regard with back-to-back medals guaranteed to be a record-breaking collection and India is also expected to bring home 10 medals in boxing for the first time in 92 years of its history at the Commonwealth Games since 1934.
The historic feat was accomplished as 10 Indian boxers made their way to the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games 2026. Under the rules of the tournament, boxing in the Commonwealth Games has no third place playoff match. Therefore, when the semi-final is performed, the athlete gets at least a bronze medal and all 10 contenders are guaranteed to get their medals even if they fail to make the final.
The historic campaign saw great performances in various weight categories. Olympic medalist Lovlina Borgohain, in the women's 75kg category, won her medal even before the multi-sport competition started and got a straight entrance into the semi-finals. She was soon followed by Preeti Pawar in the women's 54kg competition, who dismantled her Northern Irish opponent with powerful southpaw uppercuts and secured a unanimous decision victory. Priya Ghanghas was fantastic in the women’s 60kg category and fought back from a deficit in the first round to win an all-out split decision match and Jadumani Singh Mandengbam was supremely effective against his Zambian rival in the men’s 55kg competition.
Momentum was at its peak on Wednesday, July 29 when Indian boxers scored six quarter-finals in a single day. Sakshi Choudhary led the charge in women's 51kg class with her dominant 5-0 win from her good height over her opponent. She was followed by Arundhati Choudhary who held her nerve in a nail-biter 70kg fight against New Zealand, and Sachin Siwach who dominated his Botswanan rival with a unanimous 5-0 decision in the men's 60kg class. Ankush Yadav got the men's 80kg title out of the way and Narender Berwal made it through two point deductions and ended up winning a nail-biter against his Samoan rival in the men's 90+kg category. Jaismine Lamboriya completed the historic week after qualifying for the semi-finals and clinched India's 10th boxing medal in Glasgow and cemented a great chapter in the country's sporting history.
