India's Contingent

India will be represented by 125 athletes at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, which begins on July 23rd. The squad includes 77 male and 48 women athletes across 10 core sports and para-sport disciplines.

The Squad

Meet the Athletes

Athletics features the greatest number of representatives with 32 names, followed by boxing (14), judo (14), and weightlifting (12). At the 2022 CWG in Birmingham, India won 61 medals. With a streamlined sporting program this year, expectations are high across these core disciplines.

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32 Athletes

Star Watch: Neeraj Chopra (Javelin) โ€” The Olympic champion has been provisionally included as he recovers from a back injury, and requested to be added to the squad. Parul Chaudhary recently broke the 5000m national record in France. Vishal TK arrives as the first Indian man to clock a sub-45-second 400m.

  • Men's Track: Gurindervir Singh (100m), Animesh Kujur (200m), Vishal TK & Rajesh Ramesh (400m, Mixed 4x400m), Gulveer Singh (5000m, 10000m), Tejas Shirse (110m hurdles), Yashas Palaksha & Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan (400m hurdles)
  • Women's Track: Rashdeep Kaur, Neeru Pathak & Ansa Babu (400m, Mixed 4x400m), Parul Chaudhary (3000m s'chase, 5000m), Priyanka Goswami & Ravina Gaikwad (10,000m walk)
  • Men's Field: Dev Meena & Kuldeep Kumar (Pole vault), Sarvesh Anil Kushare, Aadarsh Ram J & Tejaswin Shankar (High jump/Decathlon), Murali Sreeshankar & Lokesh Sathyanathan (Long jump), Praveen Chithravel & Selva Prabhu (Triple jump), Samardeep Singh Gill & Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Shot put), Neeraj Chopra, Rohit Yadav & Yash Vir Singh (Javelin)
  • Women's Field: Pooja Singh (High jump), Manpreet Kaur (Shot put), Seema Kaliramna & Nidhi Rani (Discus throw)
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Para Athletics

Para Sport โœฆ

11 Athletes
  • Men's Track: Rakeshbhai Bhatt & Shreyansh Trivedi (100m T38), Mohammed Basil M & Dilip Mahadu Gavit (100m T47), Ramesh Shanmugam (1500m T54)
  • Men's Field: Devender Kumar & Sagar Thayat (Discus F44), Shubham Juyal & Soman Rana (Shot put F57)
  • Women's Field: Sharmila Dhankar & Shilpa K Shyla (Shot put F57)
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12 Athletes

Star Watch: Mirabai Chanu (Women's 48kg) โ€” The Tokyo Olympics silver medallist and defending Commonwealth Games champion anchors India's traditional medal powerhouse.

  • Men: Rishikanta Singh (60kg), M Raja (65kg), Ajaya Babu (79kg), Dilbag Singh (94kg), Lovepreet Singh (110+kg)
  • Women: Mirabai Chanu (48kg), Gyaneshwari Yadav (53kg), Bindyarani Devi (58kg), Harjinder Kaur (69kg), Sanjana (77kg), Seram Nirupama Devi (86kg), Martina Devi (86+kg)
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Para Powerlifting

Para Sport โœฆ

7 Athletes
  • Men: Ashok Kumar Malik & Parmjeet Kumar (Lightweight), Sudhir Sudhir & Jhandu Kumar (Heavyweight)
  • Women: Suman Devi & Jaspreet Kaur (Lightweight), Kasthuri Rajamani (Heavyweight)
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14 Athletes

Star Watch: Lovlina Borgohain (Women's 75kg) โ€” The Olympic bronze medallist spearheads India's 14-member contingent in a sport expected to yield a high medal count.

  • Men: Jadumani Singh (55kg), Sachin Siwach (60kg), Aditya Pratap Singh (65kg), Sumit Kundu (70kg), Ankush Ankush (80kg), Kapil Pokhariya (90kg), Narender Berwal (90+kg)
  • Women: Sakshi Choudhary (51kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), Jasmine Lamboria (57kg), Priya Ghanghas (60kg), Parveen Hooda (65kg), Arundhati Choudhary (70kg), Lovlina Borgohain (75kg)
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Judo

14 Athletes
  • Men: Harsh Singh (60kg), Rohit Basir Majgul (66kg), Arun Kumar (73kg), Harsh Tokas (81kg), Karanjit Singh Maan (90kg), Avtar Singh (100kg), Yash Ghanghas (100+kg)
  • Women: Asmita Dey (48kg), Shraddha Kadabul Chopade (52kg), Yamini Mourya (57kg), Unnati Sharma (63kg), Inunganbi Takhellambam (70kg), Ishroop Narang (78kg), Tulika Maan (78+kg)
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Aquatics

Includes Para Swimming โœฆ

10 Athletes
  • Men's Swimming: Srihari Nataraj (50m/100m back, 100m free, 4x200m relay), Aryan Nehra (400m/800m/1500m free, 4x200m relay), Sajan Prakash (50m/200m fly, 200m free), Aneesh S Gowda (200m free, 4x200m relay), Dhakshan Shashikumar (400m free, 4x200m relay)
  • Men's Para Swimming: Ravi Veera Venkata Budigina & Suyash Narayan Jadhav & Swatik Patil (50m Free S7), Ali Imam (100m Free S13), Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni (200m Free S14). *Tejas Nandakumar was ruled out due to classification issues.
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Track Cycling

Includes Para Cycling โœฆ

7 Athletes
  • Men's Track: Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam (1000m time trial), David Beckham Elkatohchoongo & Jemsh Singh Keithellakram (Elite Keirin), Dinesh Kumar & Rojit Singh Yanglem (Endurance/Pursuit), Sekhon Harshveer Singh (4000m Team Pursuit)
  • Women's Para Track: Lisha Das
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Artistic Gymnastics

8 Athletes
  • Men's Team: Tapan Mohanty, Tapeshwarnath Das, Swatish KP, Satyajit Mondal
  • Women's Team: Pranati Nayak, Nishka Agarwal, Eshita Rewale, Protistha Samanta
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6 Athletes
  • Men: Putul Sonowal (Singles), Navneet Singh & Dinesh Kumar (Pairs)
  • Women: Nayanmoni Saikia (Singles), Rupa Rani Tirkey & Pinki Singh (Pairs)
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3x3 Basketball

Wheelchair โœฆ

4 Athletes
  • Women's Team: Reena Rameshchandra Gupta, Irengbam Ritu Chanu, Jadhav Minakshi Harichandra, Rayannavar Laxmi Rayappa