{"id":116535,"date":"2026-08-01T16:43:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T11:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=116535"},"modified":"2026-08-01T16:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T11:13:23","slug":"gulveer-singh-harjinder-kaur-win-silver-medals-at-cwg-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gulveer-singh-harjinder-kaur-win-silver-medals-at-cwg-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulveer Singh, Harjinder Kaur Win Silver Medals at CWG 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian athletes Gulveer Singh and Harjinder Kaur brought pride to the nation by winning silver medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Their performances added important medals to India\u2019s campaign in athletics and weightlifting.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Gulveer Singh Won Silver Medal <\/b><b>in Men\u2019s 10,000m Athletics<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Indian long-distance runner<\/b> <b>Gulveer Singh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> became the <\/span><b>first Indian man to win a <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/commonwealth-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\">Commonwealth Games<\/a> medal in the men\u2019s 10,000 metres event.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He won the silver medal by clocking 27 minutes 49.8 seconds in the final race.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Australia\u2019s Ky Robinson won the gold medal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while David Mullarkey of the Isle of Man secured the bronze medal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gulveer\u2019s achievement marked India\u2019s <\/span><b>first-ever men\u2019s 10,000m medal at the Commonwealth Games.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was India\u2019s first medal in the event since <\/span><b>Kavita Raut\u2019s bronze medal in the women\u2019s 10,000m at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The race was also historic as it was the <\/span><b>first time since 1986 that no African athlete finished on the men\u2019s 10,000m podium.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His silver became <\/span><b>India\u2019s second athletics silver medal at CWG 2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after Sarvesh Kushare\u2019s men\u2019s high jump medal.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Harjinder Kaur Won Silver Medal in Women\u2019s 69 kg Weightlifting<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Indian weightlifter Harjinder Kaur won silver in the women\u2019s 69 kg category<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, continuing India\u2019s strong performance in weightlifting.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She lifted 101 kg in snatch and 126 kg in clean and jerk, achieving a total of 227 kg.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both her lifts were personal best performances at the international level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She also broke the Commonwealth Games snatch record twice during the competition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Canada\u2019s Charlotte Simoneau won gold with 240 kg<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while Australia\u2019s Nya Phebe Hayman won bronze with 218 kg.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The medal marked <\/span><b>Harjinder\u2019s second consecutive Commonwealth Games podium finish after winning bronze at Birmingham 2022.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gulveer Singh and Harjinder Kaur won silver medals at CWG 2026, boosting India\u2019s medal tally with historic performances in athletics and 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