Commonwealth Games 2026, Day 5: India touch 10 medals after para-athletics gold, Ajaya Babu silver

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: The 27-year-old from Imphal, Manipur, has long been one of India's most consistent weightlifters. A silver medallist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the national champion earlier this year, Bindyarani also set a national snatch record by lifting 88kg at the 2025 National Championships. While she has spent the last few years switching between the 55kg and 58kg divisions, that transition came at a cost, resulting in a serious knee injury in 2023. But at the CWG 2026, she showed that she has well adjusted to this weight category, as Bindyarani is now a double CWG medallist.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Bindyarani fails to lift 116kg on her third attempt in C&J, so she will take home the bronze medal. She had won silver at the CWG 2022. With a combined lift of 199kg, she stands 10 kilos behind second-placed Ann Sophie. Nigeria's Rafiatu Folashade lifts 117kg on her first attempt to set a new CWG record of 220kg, implying a GOLD MEDAL win for her.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Bindyarani wanted to go for 113kg on her final attempt, but raised that by two kilos with the Indian slipping away from silver medal hopes. Se is currently in a bronze-medal position. Ann Sophie lifts 115kg on her second attempt to extend the CWG record to 209kg. Bindyarani raises the bar to 116kg now.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Ann Sophie too reduced her registered attempt to 111kg and cleared it on her first try. She will go for 112kg on her second attempt. Bindyarani, meanwhile, lifts 112kg and will now attempt 115kg on her final attempt.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: The Indian reduced her attempted weight by three kilos, but failed on her first attempt. She will go for 112kg on her second try.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: The Indian still awaits her opportunity in the C&J, where she will attempt 113kg, the joint-highest alongside Ann Sophie. Currently, Eliza Pratt stands ahead with a combined lift of 193kg. But the best three have yet to appear in the second portion of the competition.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Here are the standings after the snatch portion...

1. Rafiatu Folashade (103kg)
2. Ann Sophie (94 kg)
3. Eliza Pratt (87kg)
4. Bindyarani Devi (87kg)

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Nigeria's Rafiatu Folashade goes for 103kg now. She goes for the CWG record. Commonwealth record. And, the African record. SHE IS ON HER WAY TO GOLD MEDAL!

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Seconds after Ann Sophie lifted 94kg, Nigeria's Rafiatu Folashade smashed the Games record with a comfortable 95kg lift on her first snatch attempt. AND WAIT! THERE'S MORE! She will now go for the 100kg. Her personal best is 101, remember. OHH SHE'S GOT IT! She is now five away from the world record. But she will be attempting 103kg now for her final attempt.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: How quickly things can change? Canada's Ann Sophie had increased the weight to 94kg on her first attempt. She then failed twice. It's trouble for the Canadian. OHHH SHE HAS MADE IT! She does it on her third attempt and that's a CWG record.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Bindyarani lifts 87kg to stand at par with England's Eliza Pratt in the top spot. But now awaits Canada's Ann Sophie, who will attempt 94kg while Nigeria's Rafiatu Folashade will attempt 95kg.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: On her second snatch attempt, she lifts 85kg. And she is currently leading the competition.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: That is lower than what she had registered to target. But the Indian lifts it with ease.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Bindyarani, who won the CWG silver in 2022 and finished second at the Commonwealth Championship in Ahmedabad last year, listed her starting weight in the snatch at 85kg, which is the third-highest.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: There stands a potential for a fif medal in weightlifting for India. Bindyarani Devi will be in action soon, in the women's 58kg final.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Gyaneshwari Yadav, 23, who hails from Chhattisgarh, started out in the 49kg category, the same category where Mirabai Chanu has been dominating. In fact, she had won the nationals in the absence of Mirabai in the 49kg category, but later shifted to the 53kg division, where she won Asian Championships bronze earlier this year and now the CWG silver on her debut in the Games.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: India remains in the eighth spot in the table with five medals - one gold, three silver and one bronze. Australia leads the chart with 40 medals, followed by 21 from England and nine from Nigeria.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Onome lifts 113kg. THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE! It's another record, and that was a GOLD-MEDAL WINNING lift from the 22-year-old.

Gyaneshwari, 23, wins silver. It's India's fourth medal at the CWG.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Gyaneshwari attempts 111kg. She is not going for the gold here, but silver will be confirmed. OHH SHE'S GOT IT!

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Onome targets 110kg. Yes you read that right! Everything here on is about CWG record and that GOLD MEDAL. Oh…Onome gets it. She is back in gold medal spot.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Gyaneshwari attempts CWG record. AND SHE DOES IT! Will it be enough for GOLD? The Nigerian up next.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: India's Gyaneshwari lifts 103kg on her very first attempt in Clean & Jerk. Onomne, though, is set to start with 105kg. SHE DOES IT! It's a new Commonwealth Games record.

It's down to India vs Nigeria here now.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: With a score of 12.833, the Indian finished seventh in the women's vault final. Canada's Lia-Monica Fontaine takes the gold. Abigail Martin of England finished second, followed by Wales' Abigail Roper.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: Protishta, who qualified seventh, opened with a half-turn back somersault with a full twist to score 12.700 (4.400 difficulty, 8.300 execution). She followed it up with a handspring front pike for 12.666, giving her an average of 12.683. That leaves the Indian in fourth place for now, just outside the medal positions.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 5: After the end of the snatch portion, the Indian stands second in the competition after Onome comfortably lifted 93kg on her final attempt. She stands five kilos clear of Gyaneshwari. Up next is the C&J, where the Indian will attempt 103kg, three more than the Nigerian.