Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Saikh Mirabai Chanu will lead the Indian weightlifting team at the 2026 Commonwealth Games starting on July 23 in Glasgow.Mirabai, who won three medals at the Commonwealth Games – two gold and one silver – will compete in the women’s 48kg category.She will be joined by Bindyarani Devi in ​​the women’s 58 kg category and Harjinder Kaur in the women’s 69 kg category. Both lifters won silver medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.In the men’s team, Lovepreet Singh, who won bronze in Birmingham in 2022, will compete in the +110 kg category. The squad also includes Commonwealth Games debutants Rishikanta Singh (60kg), Ajay Baba (79kg) and Dilbag Singh (94kg).The weightlifting competition will be held July 26-30 at the SEC Armadillo.The Indian team will travel to Birmingham on Sunday for a fitness camp before traveling to Glasgow on July 23.India did well in weightlifting at the recent Commonwealth Games. The country finished top of the weightlifting medal table in both 2018 and 2022.India won nine medals, including five gold, at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018. In the 2022 Birmingham Games, the team won 10 medals, including three gold. Team India:Women: Mirabai Chanu (48 kg), Gyaneshwari Yadav (53 kg), Bindyarani Devi (58 kg), Harjinder Kaur (69 kg), Sanjana (77 kg), Martina Devi (+86 kg).Men: Rishikanta Singh (60kg), M Raja (65kg), Ajaya Babu (79kg), Dilabg Singh (94kg), Lovepreet Singh (+110kg).
