Day 5 promises to be a major day for the Indian contingent at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, with multiple medal events on the slate and several key qualification rounds beginning across sports. Athletics action starts on Monday, while India is also in medal contention across artistic gymnastics, weightlifting, swimming, and para athletics.
A key name in focus is 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Murali Sreeshankar, who is set to compete in the men’s long jump qualification. India’s boxing team also takes centre stage with four pugilists in action, including former world youth champion Sachin Siwach. In weightlifting, India has three medal events lined up with Gyaneshwari Yadav, Bindyarani Devi and Valluri Ajaya Babu scheduled to compete.
India’s CWG 2026 Day 5 schedule (Monday)
Athletics and Para Athletics
2:40 PM – Yashas Palaksha and Santhosh Tamilarasan, men’s 400m hurdles Round 1
3:00 PM – Murali Sreeshankar, men’s long jump qualification, Group A
4:20 PM – Lokesh Sathyanathan, men’s long jump qualification, Group B
4:30 PM – Tejas Shirse, men’s 110m hurdles Round 1
11:35 PM – Sharmila Dhankar and Shilpa K. Shyla, women’s shot put F57 final (medal event)
11:40 PM – Sarvesh Kushare, Aadarsh Ram and Tejaswin Shankar, men’s high jump final (medal event)
1:57 AM (July 28) – Rakeshbhai Bhatt and Shreyansh Trivedi, men’s 100m T38 final (medal event)
2:15 AM (July 28) – Tejas Shirse, men’s 110m hurdles final, subject to qualification (medal event)
Swimming and Para Swimming
3:00 PM – Sajan Prakash, men’s 200m butterfly – Heat 2
4:26 PM – Swatik Patil, men’s 100m breaststroke SB9 – Heat 2
12:02 AM (July 28) – Swatik Patil, men’s 100m breaststroke SB9 final, subject to qualification (medal event)
1:44 AM (July 28) – Sajan Prakash, men’s 200m butterfly final, subject to qualification (medal event)
Boxing
4:45 PM – Sachin Siwach vs William Hewitt (England), men’s 60kg Round of 16
6:00 PM – Ankush, men’s 80kg Round of 16
10:30 PM – Sakshi Choudhary vs Lethabo Modukanele (Botswana), women’s 51kg Round of 16
1:00 AM (Tuesday) – Sumit Kundu vs Jon McConnell (Northern Ireland), men’s 70kg Round of 16
Artistic Gymnastics
6:15 PM – Protistha Samanta, women’s vault final (medal event)
Weightlifting
5:30 PM – Gyaneshwari Yadav, women’s 53kg final (medal event)
8:00 PM – Bindyarani Devi, women’s 58kg final (medal event)
12:45 AM (July 28) – Ajaya Babu, men’s 79kg final (medal event)
Bowls and Para Bowls
10:05 PM – Putul Sonowal vs Anwar Hamada (Kenya), men’s singles Section D sectional play
1:10 AM (Tuesday) – Men’s singles and women’s pairs semifinals, subject to Putul Sonowal and the pair of Rupa Rani Tirkey and Pinki Singh qualifying
3×3 Wheelchair Basketball
7:30 PM (Tuesday) – India vs Nigeria, women’s wheelchair Pool B match
What to watch: medal events and key qualifiers
India’s Day 5 programme is shaped by a mix of medal finals and qualification rounds that can set up deeper runs later in the Games. In athletics, the men’s long jump qualification features Murali Sreeshankar in Group A and Lokesh Sathyanathan in Group B, while Tejas Shirse begins his campaign in the men’s 110m hurdles Round 1 with a potential final later in the night subject to qualification.
Several medal events come late in the day and into the early hours of July 28, including the women’s shot put F57 final and the men’s high jump final. Para athletics also includes the men’s 100m T38 final as a medal event.
In the pool, Sajan Prakash and Swatik Patil have heats scheduled earlier, with finals listed later subject to qualification. Meanwhile, boxing brings four Round of 16 bouts involving Sachin Siwach, Ankush, Sakshi Choudhary and Sumit Kundu. Weightlifting offers three medal opportunities with finals for Gyaneshwari Yadav (women’s 53kg), Bindyarani Devi (women’s 58kg) and Ajaya Babu (men’s 79kg).
