The 2026 Commonwealth Games kick off today in Glasgow, Scotland, with approximately 3,000 athletes from 74 nations set to participate. India has fielded a formidable squad of 126 athletes—comprising 78 men and 48 women—raising hopes for medals across both able-bodied and para-sport events. India aims to improve upon its past performances and boost its medal tally.
Star Athletes to Watch
India’s 191-member contingent (126 athletes and 65 officials) includes stalwarts and Olympic stars such as Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu, and Lovlina Borgohain. Rohit Rajpal, Mirabai Chanu, and Lovlina Borgohain will serve as the flag bearers at the opening ceremony. India holds high expectations for medals, particularly in athletics, boxing, and weightlifting. The entire team is committed to delivering an outstanding performance while representing the nation.
India will launch its campaign with the men’s and women’s lawn bowls events. Following their historic medal-winning performance at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the Indian lawn bowls team is ready to compete in Glasgow, Scotland. The team is prepared to once again challenge the world’s best players at the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Sport-wise strength of the Indian contingent
Athletics: Largest contingent (32 athletes) — 22 men, 10 women
Boxing: 14 athletes
Judo: 14 athletes
Weightlifting: 12 athletes
Artistic Gymnastics: 8 athletes
Track Cycling: 6 athletes
Bowls: 6 athletes
Swimming: 5 athletes
Para events: Para-athletics (11), Para-powerlifting (7), Para-swimming (5), 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball (4), and Para-track cycling (1). Athletics
Track
- Gurindervir Singh – Men’s 100m
- Animesh Kujur – Men’s 200m
- Vishal TK – Men’s 400m, Mixed 4×400m Relay
- Rajesh Ramesh – Men’s 400m, Mixed 4×400m Relay
- Gulveer Singh – Men’s 5,000m and 10,000m
- Tejas Shirse – Men’s 110m Hurdles
- Yashas Palaksha – Men’s 400m Hurdles
- Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan – Men’s 400m Hurdles
- Rashdeep Kaur – Women’s 400m, Mixed 4×400m Relay
- Neeru Pathak – Women’s 400m, Mixed 4×400m Relay
- Ansa Babu – Women’s 400m, Mixed 4×400m Relay
- Parul Chaudhary – Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase and 5,000m
- Priyanka Goswami – Women’s 10,000m Race Walk
- Ravina Gaikwad – Women’s 10,000m Race Walk
Field
- Dev Meena – Men’s Pole Vault
- Kuldeep Kumar – Men’s Pole Vault
- Sarvesh Anil Kushare – Men’s High Jump
- Adarsh Ram J – Men’s High Jump
- Tejaswin Shankar – Men’s High Jump, Decathlon
- Murali Sreeshankar – Men’s Long Jump
- Lokesh Sathyanathan – Men’s Long Jump
- Praveen Chithravel – Men’s Triple Jump
- Selva Prabhu – Men’s Triple Jump
- Samardeep Singh Gill – Men’s Shot Put
- Tajinderpal Singh Toor – Men’s Shot Put
- Neeraj Chopra – Men’s Javelin Throw
- Rohit Yadav – Men’s Javelin Throw
- Yash Veer Singh – Men’s Javelin Throw
- Pooja Singh – Women’s High Jump
- Manpreet Kaur – Women’s Shot Put
- Seema Kaliramna – Women’s Discus Throw
- Nidhi Rani – Women’s Discus Throw
Para Athletics
Track
- Rakeshbhai Bhatt – Men’s 100m (T38)
- Shreyansh Trivedi – Men’s 100m (T38)
- Mohammed Basil M – Men’s 100m (T47)
- Dilip Mahadu Gavit – Men’s 100m (T47)
- Ramesh Shanmugam – Men’s 1500m (T54)
Field
- Devender Kumar – Men’s Discus Throw (F44)
- Sagar Thayyat – Men’s Discus Throw (F44)
- Shubham Juyal – Men’s Shot Put (F57)
- Soman Rana – Men’s Shot Put (F57)
- Sharmila Dhankhar – Women’s Shot Put (F57)
- Shilpa K. Shayla – Women’s Shot Put (F57)
Boxing
- Jadumani Singh – Men’s 55kg
- Sachin Siwach – Men’s 60kg
- Aditya Pratap Singh – Men’s 65kg
- Sumit Kundu – Men’s 70kg
- Ankush – Men’s 80kg
- Kapil Pokhariya – Men’s 90kg
- Narendra Berwal – Men’s 90kg+
- Sakshi Chaudhary – Women’s 51kg
- Preeti Pawar – Women’s 54kg
- Jaismine Lamboria – Women’s 57kg
- Priya Ghanghas – Women’s 60kg
- Parveen Hooda – Women’s 65kg
- Arundhati Choudhary – Women’s 70kg
- Lovlina Borgohain – Women’s 75kg
Judo
- Harsh Singh – Men’s 60kg
- Rohit Bashir Majgul – Men’s 66kg
- Arun Kumar – Men’s 73kg
- Harsh Tokas – Men’s 81kg
- Karanjit Singh Mann – Men’s 90kg
- Avtar Singh – Men’s 100kg
- Yash Ghanghas – Men’s 100kg+
- Asmita Dey – Women’s 48kg
- Shraddha Kadabul Chopade – Women’s 52kg
- Yamini Maurya – Women’s 57kg
- Unnati Sharma – Women’s 63kg
- Inunganbi Takhelambam – Women’s 70kg
- Ishroop Narang – Women’s 78kg
- Tulika Mann – Women’s 78kg+
Swimming
- Srihari Nataraj – 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke, 100m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Aryan Nehra – 400m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle, 1,500m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Sajan Prakash – 50m Butterfly, 200m Butterfly, 200m Freestyle
- Anish S. Gowda – 200m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Dakshan Shashikumar – 400m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Para-Swimming
- Ravi Veera Venkat Budigina – 50m Freestyle (S7)
- Ali Imam – 100m Freestyle (S13)
- Suyash Narayan Jadhav – 50m Freestyle
- Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni – 200m Freestyle (S14)
- Swatik Patil – 50m Freestyle (S7)
Track Cycling
- Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam – 1,000m Time Trial
- David Beckham Elkatohchungo – Elite Keirin
- Jemsh Singh Keithelkaram – Elite Keirin
- Dinesh Kumar – Endurance/Pursuit
- Rojit Singh Yanglem – Endurance/Pursuit
- Harshveer Singh Sekhon – 4,000m Team Pursuit
Para Track Cycling
- Lisha Das – Women’s Track Cycling
Weightlifting
- Rishikant Singh – Men’s 60kg
- M. Raja – Men’s 65kg
- Ajay Babu – Men’s 79kg
- Dilbag Singh – Men’s 94kg
- Lovepreet Singh – Men’s 110kg+
- Mirabai Chanu – Women’s 48kg
- Gyaneshwari Yadav – Women’s 53kg
- Bindyarani Devi – Women’s 58kg
- Harjinder Kaur – Women’s 69kg
- Sanjana – Women’s 77kg
- Seram Nirupama Devi – Women’s 86kg
- Martina Devi – Women’s 86kg+
Artistic Gymnastics
- Tapan Mohanty
- Tapeshwarnath Das
- Swatish K.P.
- Satyajit Mondal
- Pranati Nayak
- Nishka Agarwal
- Ishita Revale
- Protistha Samanta
Bowls
- Six-member Indian squad
Para 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball
- Reena Rameshchandra Gupta
- Irengbam Ritu Chanu
- Jadhav Minakshi Harichandra
- Rayannavar Lakshmi Rayappa
Commonwealth Games: July 23 to August 2. They will run until August 2026. The opening ceremony is being held at the OVO Hydro.
