Glasgow drew the curtain on the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Sunday, and India walked away with 39 medals, including 13 gold to finish fourth overall in the standings.On paper, that is a comedown from 61 medals in Birmingham four years ago. In substance, it is arguably a more honest measure of where Indian sport stands, because Glasgow's pared-down, ten-sport programme stripped away the wrestling, shooting, badminton, table tennis and hockey golds that padded previous tallies. What remained was a leaner test, and India passed it with genuine distinction in pockets even as old weaknesses resurfaced in others.AthleticsThis was India's headline story with a total of ten medals. Neeraj Chopra returned from his 2022 injury lay-off with silver (85.83m), pipped by Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage, while debutant Yash Vir Singh's late personal-best sealed a stirring javelin double-podium. Gulveer Singh became the first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two individual medals at a single Games — silver in the 10,000m, bronze in the 5000m.Sarvesh Kushare took high jump silver, Murali Sreeshankar repeated his long jump silver, and Tejaswin Shankar became India's first-ever Commonwealth decathlon medallist, competing through injury.Praveen Chithravel and Selva Prabhu Thirumaran completed a triple jump double-podium, while Seema Kaliramna earned podium in women’s discus throw.BoxingThe undisputed jewel of the campaign. India returned a record ten medals, including an unprecedented seven golds, the most won by any nation in the sport at a single Games. Sakshi Chaudhary and Priya Ghanghas headlined a golden day, Arundhati Choudhary added a clinical title along with Ankush Panghal, Sachin Siwach, Preeti Pawar, and Jaismine Lamboria.Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain claimed silver, much like Jadumani Singh and Narender Berwal.This was India's finest Commonwealth boxing campaign in history, without a shadow of doubt.JudoA genuine breakthrough after decades of near-misses. Asmita Dey became India's first-ever Commonwealth Games judo champion,…
This report has been adapted by the PurePlay Sports Desk from coverage by The Bridge, Google News — India Sports.