Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 8: Lovepreet's silver, Seema's bronze take India's medal tally to 17

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: Julius Yego comes in with his throw and gets 72.25m this time.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: One of three throwers with 80m in the first attempt. But here, the red flag goes up.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: Arshad Nadeem comes in with his second throw. Not a great effort by him. That is well short of his first attempt.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: Ben Fast lets it fly and gets 80.38m.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: Neeraj Chopra comes in for his first throw. The big moment his here. Good release, just crosses the 75m mark. He gets 76.28m. Remember, he has two more attempts.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: His first attempt and he falls well short of the 75m mark. Not his worst, but also nowhere near his best. He gets 72.43m.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: The conditions here are not ideal. So far, only two throwers have crossed the 80m mark.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: Second India in the event. Rohit Yadav gets his throw. He gets 77.04m, takes the fifth place.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: Yashvir Singh, the first Indian with his throw in this event. Not the best effort, he gets 73.89 m.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: A poor throw from the Pakistani thrower. It is a foul attempt from him.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: Pathirage with his throw. The best throw till now in this event. He clocks 82.84m.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: Julius Yego from Kenya with his first throw. Not a great one. Just over 70m. Yes, he reached 72.24m.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: Smit of South Africa is the first thrower to go past the 80m mark. He has reached 80.64m, and will be pretty encouraged by that one.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan with his first attempt. Not a great one. He falls well short of 80m; it is 78.63m. It is his season's best. But he is smiling, it was a warm up, he will have a couple of more attempts.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: The qualification mark for men's javelin is 85m. Any athlete who crosses that distance books an automatic place in the final. If fewer than 12 throwers reach 85m, the remaining spots will be filled by the best marks until the top 12 are complete. Each athlete can take up to three attempts unelss they secure automatic qualification earlier.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: Tejaswain Shankar opened his men's decathlon campaign with a 10.96-second run in Heat 2 of the 100m. The Indian finished sixth in his heat and collected 870 points from the opening discipline, as Canada's Damian Warner won the heat in 10.21s.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: Tejaswain Shankar's event is coming up. That will get India underway for today.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: Neeraj Chopra begins with qualification today, where the immediate task is simply to secure a place in tomorrow's final. The bigger challenge then comes with Olympic champions Arshad Nadeem, world leader Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage, world champion Keshorn Walcott, and Anderson Peters among the leading threats. Rohit Yadav and Yash Vir Singh also represent India in the qualification.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: India's first action comes in the men's decathlon 100m, where Tejaswin Shankar begins a gruelling 10-event competition. The decathlon tests athletes across sprinting, jumping and throwing disciplines, with points awarded for performances in each event. The 100m is only the starting point, but a strong opening run can immediately put an athlete on the front foot.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: Australia remain runaway leaders with 103 medals, including 47 golds, while Canada and England occupy second and third, respectively. Hosts Scotland are fourth, followed by Nigeria, South Africa and Malaysia. India sit eighth with 15 medals - three gold, nine silver and three bronze - heading into another medal-heavy programme in Glasgow.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: Neeraj Chopra has competed just once this season after recovering from a lower-back injury. He returned at the Doha Diamond League in June and finished fourth with a best throw of 85.69m. It was nevertheless comfortably beyond India's CWG entry standard of 82.61m, while the national athletics camp has since reported that Chopra is in “perfect physical shape” heading into Glasgow.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: Neeraj Chopra's only previous Commonwealth Games appearance came at Gold Coast 2018, where he won gold with an 86.47m throw and became India's first javelin champion at the Games. He missed Birmingham 2022 because of a groin injury, meaning Glasgow marks his CWG return after eight years as he targets a second title.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: Neeraj Chopra will step into action at 2:55 PM IST in the men's javelin qualification, sharing the field with fellow Indians Rohit Yadav and Yash Vir Singh. The two-time Olympic medallist will look to secure a smooth passage into the final as he begins another major international campaign in Glasgow

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: India will have multiple opportunities to add to their tally, with Martina Devi Maibam and Lovepreet Singh competing in weightlifting finals. Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Samardeep Singh Gill feature in the men's shot put final, while Parul Chaudhary, Seem Kaliramna and Nidhi Rani will also contest medal events in athletics.

CWG 2026 LIVE UPDATES, Day 8: India's first action of the day comes through Tejaswin Shankar in the men's decathlon 100m at 2:40 PM IST. The event marks the start of another demanding multi-discipline session for the Indian, with long jump, shot put, high kump and 400m also lined up later.