Mirabai shatters records and wins India’s first gold of 2026 CWG

2 min readUpdated: Jul 26, 2026 08:36 PM IST India's Mirabai Chanu competes in the women's 48kg weightlifting competition at the 23rd Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, Scotland, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) (PTI07_26_2026_000384B) Mirabai Chanu has won her third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medal and India’s first gold of Glasgow 2026 as she shattered Games and Commonwealth records in a dominant display on Sunday. Mirabai had a best lift of 85kg in snatch and 105kg in clean and jerk to lift a total of 190kg overall. Mirabai had started off by listing 82kg as her first lift in snatch, which was already been a Games record and, naturally, head and shoulders above those listed by the rest of the 10-woman field. She wasn’t succesfull in her first attempt but then made