The Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 7 on July 29 is expected to be yet another hectic day for India as the Indian athletes participate in several medal events, qualification rounds, and boxing quarter-finals at the games in Glasgow. This Wednesday's schedule comprises many events that have athletes looking forward to qualifying for the finals and clinching medals in athletics, weightlifting, swimming, para-swimming, and boxing among other events.

The weightlifting competition is the first medal chance for India on Day 7, with Sanjana participating in the women's 77 kg final in weightlifting. Her participation in the weightlifting competition could prove very successful for India if she brings home a medal. Another important weightlifting medal event takes place later in the day when the men's 94 kg event kicks off.

India's Schedule On July 29: Medal Events And Important Fixtures

Time (IST)

Sport

Event

Athlete(s)

Round / Stage

2:00 p.m.

Weightlifting

Women's 77kg

Sanjana

Final (Medal Event)

3:12 p.m.

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

Sajan Prakash, Aneesh S Gowda

Heats

3:35 p.m.

Athletics

Men's Shot Put

Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Samardeep Singh Gill

Qualification

3:44 p.m.

Para Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle S7

Suyash Narayan Jadhav, Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni

Heats

4:02 p.m.

Athletics

Men's 200m

Animesh Kujur

Heats

4:45 p.m.

Boxing

Women's 51kg

Sakshi Choudhary vs Caitlin Fryers (Northern Ireland)

Quarterfinal

5:30 p.m.

Boxing

Women's 70kg

Arundhati Choudhary vs Morgan Henderson (New Zealand)

Quarterfinal

6:15 p.m.

Boxing

Men's 60kg

Sachin Siwach vs Treasure Moremi (Botswana)

Quarterfinal

7:00 p.m.

Boxing

Men's 80kg

Ankush Yadav vs Jade Micock (Seychelles)

Quarterfinal

7:30 p.m.

Boxing

Men's 90+kg

Narender Berwal vs Michael Seko (Samoa)

Quarterfinal

8:55 p.m.

Lawn Bowls

Men's Pairs

Dinesh Kumar, Navneet Singh vs Namibia

Sectional Play

11:00 p.m.

Boxing

Women's 57kg

Jaismine Lamboria vs Elise Glynn (England)

Quarterfinal

11:51 p.m.*

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

Sajan Prakash, Aneesh S Gowda

Final (Subject to Qualification)

11:54 p.m.

Athletics

Men's Long Jump

Sreeshankar Murali, Lokesh Satyanathan

Final (Medal Event)

12:03 a.m. (Jul 30)

Athletics

Men's 400m Hurdles

Yashas Palaksha, Santhosh Kumar Thamilarasan

Heats

12:31 a.m. (Jul 30)

Athletics

Women's Shot Put

Manpreet Kaur

Final (Medal Event)

India Eye Strong Performances on Day 7

India would not be short of interest in the pool and track events too. For the swimming events, swimmers and Para swimmers would kick-start with the qualification heats in an attempt to qualify for the evening finals in events like Men’s 200m Freestyle and Men’s 50m Freestyle S7. For the athletics events, seasoned shot putters Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Amardeep Singh Gill would begin with the qualification heats while Animesh Kujur would be seen in action in the Men’s 200m Round 1 event. In addition, Murali Sreeshankar and Lokesh Satyanathan would participate in the final of the Men’s Long Jump event while Manpreet Kaur would take part in Women’s Shot Put Final.

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On the other hand, India will get an opportunity to win more medals through boxing. There will be six matches in the quarter-finals scheduled in two sessions. While Sakshi Choudhary, Arundhati Choudhary, Sachin Siwach, Ankush Yadav and Narender Berwal will be part of the first session matches, Jaismine Lamboria will be among those in the second session matches. All matches in the quarter-finals matter because winning in each match means winning a minimum of one bronze medal.