Lovepreet Singh wins silver at 2026 Commonwealth Games

India closed their weightlifting campaign at the Commonwealth Games 2026 with eight medals after Lovepreet Singh won silver in the men's +110kg category at the SEC Armadillo, Glasgow, on 30 July 2026.

Commonwealth Games: Lovepreet bags fighting silver in weightlifting

Lovepreet Singh, a Birmingham 2022 bronze medallist, set a Games record snatch of 176kg to take a 10kg lead into the clean and jerk. New Zealand's David Liti clawed back with lifts of 207kg and a massive 223kg, finishing on a record total of 389kg. Lovepreet managed 205kg and 212kg but missed 217kg on his final attempt, settling for silver by just 1kg.

Earlier, Martina Devi Maibam finished fifth in the women's +86kg category with 245kg, narrowly missing bronze after failing her last two clean and jerk attempts. England's Emily Campbell won gold with a Games record 278kg, ahead of Malaysia's Siti Aqilah Farhana Draman and Canada's Etta Mae Love.

India's Overall Weightlifting Medal Tally in CWG 2026

Mirabai Chanu won a gold medal for India, while Harjinder Kaur, Valluri Ajaya Babu, Rishikanta Singh, Raja Muthupandi, Gyaneshwari Yadav, and Lovepreet Singh claimed silver medals. Bindyarani Devi took bronze. Only Nirupama Devi, Sanjana, and Martina Devi Maibam missed the podium among Indian lifters at Glasgow 2026.