Chandigarh : The Haryana authorities will honour its Commonwealth Video games 2026 athletes at Panchkula on Friday. On Friday, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini will felicitate the medal winners and the Haryana athletes who shaped a part of the Indian contingent in Glasgow, as per a press launch from the Chief Ministers Workplace (CMO).
Out of the countrys 13 gold medals on the CWG 2026 in Glasgow, seven have been gained by Haryana athletes, most notably Preeti Pawar, Jaismine Lamboria, Sachin Siwach, Sakshi Choudhary, Priya Ghanghas, Sharmila Dhankar and Ankush Panghal, with six of those coming in boxing.
A complete of 10 medals have been gained by Haryana athletes on the CWG 2026. The curtains got here down on the 2026 Commonwealth Video games after 11 days of competitors on August 2, with Scotland formally handing over the Commonwealth Video games flag and ceremonial baton to India, hosts of the landmark centenary version in 2030, throughout a glittering closing ceremony.
The 2030 Commonwealth Video games will probably be held in Ahmedabad, making India solely the second nation after Australia to host the multi-sport occasion on a couple of event. India had beforehand staged the Video games in New Delhi in 2010.
The Commonwealth Video games flag and baton have been introduced to Indias representatives, Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA) president PT Usha, and Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi as a part of the official handover ceremony.
India additionally had lots to rejoice on the sporting entrance, ending fourth within the medals desk with a haul of 39 medals, 13 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze, to cap off a profitable marketing campaign. Though Indias tally was decrease than the 61 medals gained in Birmingham in 2022, the context tells a distinct story.
Thirty of these medals had are available in sports activities that have been dropped from the Glasgow programme. With solely 122 athletes in comparison with 210 4 years in the past, India nonetheless managed to take care of its fourth-place end whereas producing a fair higher medal conversion charge, with 38 athletes returning residence with medals.
Lengthy-distance runner Gulveer Singh was the one Indian to win two medals. With the ceremonial handover full, the main target now shifts to Ahmedabad, which is able to host the centenary version of the Commonwealth Video games in 2030.
