India at CWG 2026 Day 8 Schedule: Full l of Indian athletes in action on Thursday

4 min readJul 30, 2026 06:00 AM It’s finally Neeraj Chopra day in the Commonwealth Games as India’s ace javelin thrower will be in action in the qualification round which he is expected to clear pretty easily. Alongside Neeraj, Rohit Yadav and Yash Vir Singh are also in the reckoning to qualify to the medal round. Also, all eyes will be on the fitness of Tejaswin Shankar who is supposed to represent India in the decathlon but with an injury which forced him to pull out of the high jump event on Tuesday, chances look pretty slim.
Medal rounds include weightlifter Martina Devi Maibam in the Women’s 86+kg final and Lovepreet Singh in Men’s 110+kg final. Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Samardeep Singh Gill are in contention in the men’s shot put final while Seema Kaliramna and Nidhi Rani are in the women’s discus throw final. After her disappointing 5th placed finish in the 3000m steeplechase final, Parul Chaudhary will look to do better in the the women’s 5000m final.
Here are the sports and events that will feature Indians on Day 8 of the 2026 Commonwealth Games:

Time
Sport
Event
Athlete(s)
Round / Stage

14:47
Athletics
 Men’s Decathlon – 100m
Tejaswin Shankar
Heat 2

 14:55
 Athletics
Men’s Javelin Throw
Yash Vir Singh, Rohit Yadav, Neeraj Chopra
Qualifying Round

15:20
Athletics
Men’s Decathlon – Long Jump
Tejaswin Shankar
Decathlon

16:06
 Para Track Cycling
Women’s C4-C5 4000mIndividual Pursuit
Lisha Das
Qualifying Round

 16:55
 Athletics
Men’s Triple Jump
Selva Prabhu T, Praveen Chithravel
Qualifying Round

17:07
Track Cycling
Men’s Team Sprint
Rojit Singh Yanglem, David Beckham Elkatohchoongo, RonaldoSingh Laitonjam, Jemsh Singh Keithellakpam (Reserve)
Qualifying Round

17:10
 Athletics
Men’s Decathlon – Shot Put
Tejaswin Shankar
Group A

17:40
 Athletics
Men’s 400m
Vishal T K
Semi Final 1

 18:30
Weightlifting
Women’s +86 kg
Martina Devi Maibam
Final (Medal Event)

 19:30
Lawn Bowls
Men’s Pairs
Navneet Singh & Dinesh Kumar
 Sectional Play

 20:55
Lawn Bowls
Women’s Singles
Nayanmoni Saikia
Sectional Play

 21:44
Para Track Cycling
Women’s C4-C5 4000mIndividual Pursuit
Lisha Das
Bronze Final ( Subject to Qualification)

 21:51
Para Track Cycling
Women’s C4-C5 4000mIndividual Pursuit
Lisha Das
Gold Final ( Subject to Qualification)

 22:50
Track Cycling
 Men’s Team Sprint
Rojit Singh Yanglem, David Beckham Elkatohchoongo, RonaldoSingh Laitonjam, Jemsh Singh Keithellakpam (Reserve)
Gold Final ( Subject to Qualification)

 22:55
 Track Cycling
Men’s Team Sprint Hurdles
Rojit Singh Yanglem, David Beckham Elkatohchoongo, RonaldoSingh Laitonjam, Jemsh Singh Keithellakpam (Reserve)
Gold MedalMatch ( Subject to Qualification)

 23:00
Weightlifting
Men’s +110 kg
Lovepreet Singh
Final (Medal Event)

 23:30
Athletics
Men’s Shot Put
 Samardeep Singh Gill, Tajinderpal Singh Toor
Final (Medal Event)

 23:38
Athletics
Men’s Decathlon – High Jump
 Tejaswin Shankar
Group A

 23:43
Athletics
 Men’s 200m
Animesh Kujur
Semi Final

01:10 (+1day)
Athletics
Women’s Discus Throw
Nidhi Rani, Seema
Final (Medal Event)

01:38 (+1day)
Athletics
 Men’s Decathlon – 400m
Tejaswin Shankar
Heat 2

 01:48 (+1d)
Athletics
Women’s 5000m
 Parul Chaudhary
 Final (Medal Event)

Day 7 recap:
Murali Sreeshankar leapt 8.09m to bag his second successive Commonwealth Games long jump silver, while the irrepressible boxers assured 10 medals from the ring as the country enjoyed a bright outing on Wednesday. India also scripted hory in para athletics, securing a horic one-two finish in the men’s 100m T47 — the sprint event for athletes with an upper-limb impairment. Dilip Mahadu Gavit won the gold clocking 10.71 seconds to take the top spot, while Mohammed Basil produced 10.83 seconds to finish second.
India gathered further joy from the track as Yashas Palaksha and Santhosh K Tamilarasan qualified for the men’s 400m hurdles final as the two fastest losers. Santhosh finished third in Heat 2 with a time of 49.51 seconds, while Yashas also ended up at third in Heat 1, clocking 49.65 seconds. However, Manpreet Singh finished fourth in the women’s shot put final with a throw of 17.49m. Earlier, Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Samardeep Singh Gill too kept themselves in the hunt for a medal moving into the shot put final.

India had one more silver-lining from the track as national record holder Animesh Kujur clocked his season best time to qualify for the 200m semifinals. The 23-year-old Kujur ran 20.46 seconds to win Heat 4 in round one races and finish seventh overall. There was no joy for India from the lifting arena as Sanjana bowed out of the women’s 77 kg category with a Do Not Finish (DNF). A similar story was enacted in the pool as well after swimmers Sajan Prakash and Aneesh S Gowda failed to qualify for the men’s 200m freestyle final.