Records Fall in Glasgow: Rishikanta Singh Takes Silver as Mirabai Chanu Chases a Third Commonwealth Gold
Day 4 of the 2026 Commonwealth Games put weightlifting center stage, with a Games-record snatch from India's Rishikanta Singh and a two-time champion opening her title bid.
The barbells took over the SEC Armadillo in Glasgow on Sunday, and Day 4 of the 2026 Commonwealth Games delivered a Games record before the evening's marquee event had even begun.
A record snatch, a silver medal
India's Rishikanta Singh produced the lift of the day in the men's 60kg final: a 121kg snatch on his third attempt, a new Commonwealth Games record that also bettered his own national mark of 120kg, according to The Bridge, which reported Malaysia's Aniq Kasdan matched the lift. Singh ultimately settled for silver after the clean and jerk, per live coverage from the Sunday Guardian and Business Standard — a breakthrough result for the 60kg lifter on the biggest multi-sport stage he has seen.
Chanu's golden hat-trick bid
The evening session belonged to Saikhom Mirabai Chanu. The Tokyo Olympic silver medalist and two-time Commonwealth Games champion (Gold Coast 2018, Birmingham 2022) opened her women's 48kg campaign as the final lifter in a 10-athlete field, declaring an opening snatch of 82kg, per Outlook India. The final was still in progress at the time of writing, so the medal outcome was not yet confirmed.
Why it matters
Commonwealth weightlifting has long been India's happiest hunting ground, and Glasgow is doubling as an early checkpoint on the road to LA28 — a chance for established stars like Chanu and emerging lifters like Singh to bank big totals against international fields two years out from Olympic qualification getting serious. Records falling in July 2026 are a good sign the pipeline is working.
Elsewhere on Day 4, India's lawn bowls women's pair of Rupa Rani Tirkey and Pinki Singh fell to Namibia in a tie-breaker, keeping their semifinal hopes alive only if results go their way later in the round-robin.