CWG live: Tejaswin Shankar kicks off India's show. Neeraj Chopra up next

Commonwealth Games 2026Commonwealth Games Live, July 30: We are live from Glasgow. Tejaswin Shankar kicks off the proceedings today. Neeraj Chopra's will be in action in the men's javelin throw from 2:55 pm IST.Commonwealth Games 2026 Live, July 30. (Reuters Photo) Hello and welcome to India Today’s live coverage of the Commonwealth Games 2026. The Indian contingent has won 15 medals and are looking to add some more in the final stretch of the competition. Neeraj Chopra and Animesh Kujur highlight an exciting day for India today. Tejaswin Shankar, Vishal TK and Tajinderpal Singh Toor are in action as well. ...Read MoreJul 30, 2026 14:39 ISTTejaswin Shankar in men's decathlon: LiveRight then, we are live. Tejaswin Shankar is starting in the men's decathlon event. We kick-off things with the men's 100m. Tejaswin Shankar starts in the second heats, and has the third best timing among the 7 athletes. Jul 30, 2026 14:36 ISTNeeraj Chopra warming up: CWG LiveTake a look at Neeraj Chopra who is warming up right now. Tejaswin Shankar is also dressed heavily in winter clothes. I can see that there is a headwind for the javelin throwers in the training area. We will have to see how the wind affects the throws today. Jul 30, 2026 14:34 ISTCommonwealth Games Live: Weather updateMuch better weather welcomes the athletes today. It was dark and gloomy throughout yesterday, with rain hampering the progress of the athletes. But today, it looks like the weather is quite bright. Not gonna lie, it is cold right now, but at least it is not raining. Jul 30, 2026 14:22 ISTCommonwealth Games Live: TJ, Neeraj start the dayTejaswin Shankar will kick-off India's day in the Commonwealth Games today. TJ hurt his knee during the men's high-jump event a couple of days ago. One of the favourites to win the event, TJ was in tears after getting ruled out. He has been under treatment over the last couple of days, and will be in action today in the men's decathlon event. Right after TJ's event finish, we will gear up for Neeraj Chopra's return. The men's javelin event will begin at 2:55 pm. The CWG means a lot to Neeraj, who got his big break in this event way back in 2018. He was forced to skip the 2022 event which was won by Arshad Nadeem. Neeraj returns for this edition, and will face off against the Olympic champion Nadeem once again. Jul 30, 2026 14:11 ISTCommonwealth Games Live: What is our blog about?We here at India Today go beyond the broadcast. Not only will you find the live coverage in our blog, we will take you through the context of the runs that athletes make, their back stories, what have they been trying to achieve in the competition. Because in athletics, it is not just the top 3 positions that decide everything. Sometimes athletes are trying to get to their personal bests, sometimes they are preparing for a different event. Take for example the Gurindervir thing. He finished 2nd in his heats right. Many celebrated it. But we were concerned the second the timer showed 10.39 seconds. When knew that this was not good to qualify for the semi-finals of the men's 100m. That's what you will find here. Everything. So kick back and relax as we build for up today's CWG events. The competition starts today from 2:30 pm IST. Jul 30, 2026 14:06 ISTCommonwealth Games Live: When is Neeraj Chopra in action?India's javelin star Neeraj Chopra returns to action today. It is an important event considering the 2018 CWG gold medallist will be competing only in his second event after a long-drawn injury break. CWG will put Neeraj in a very tough field, which includes the likes of Arshad Nadeem and Rumesh Pathirage among others. This event will decide how Neeraj builds up for the Asian Games 2026. The men's javelin event starts from 2:55 pm IST. Jul 30, 2026 13:53 ISTCWG Live Updates: India's performance on July 29But before we go into what will happen today, it is important to look back on what went down yesterday. India saw some fantastic performances - headlined by the historic one-two finish in the men's 100m para event. Animesh Kujur ran an incredible fast 200m time, and brought us out of the disappointing show from Gurindervir. Here's all the performances from yesterday. Here is a clean, plain-text version: India’s discipline-wise summary from the 2026 Commonwealth Games on July 29: Para Athletics Men’s 100m T47: Dilip Mahadu Gavit stormed to gold with a Games Record time of 10.71 seconds, leading a historic 1-2 finish for India. Teammate Mohammed Basil Morssinganakath claimed silver in 10.83 seconds. Athletics Men’s Long Jump: Murali Sreeshankar secured his second consecutive Commonwealth Games silver medal with a best leap of 8.09m, finishing behind Jamaica’s Tajay Gayle, who won gold with 8.15m. Lokesh Sathyanathan finished fifth with 7.97m. Men’s 200m: Animesh Kujur kept India’s sprint campaign alive by winning Heat 4 in a season-best 20.46 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals. He was seventh fastest overall. Men’s Shot Put: Former national record holder Tajinderpal Singh Toor automatically qualified for the final with a throw of 20.14m. Samardeep Singh Gill also advanced to the final, finishing fifth in qualification with 19.95m. Men’s 400m Hurdles: Santhosh K Tamilarasan and Yashas Palaksha both advanced to the final as time-based qualifiers. Tamilarasan clocked 49.51 seconds to finish third in Heat 2, while Palaksha ran 49.65 seconds to finish third in Heat 1. Women’s Shot Put: Manpreet Kaur narrowly missed out on a podium finish, placing fourth with a best throw of 17.49m after being edged out in the final round. Women’s 3000m Steeplechase: Parul Chaudhary finished fifth in 9:26.75, well off her national record mark. Boxing India added six more semifinalists on the day, taking its total guaranteed medal tally to 10 in boxing and surpassing the seven-medal haul from Birmingham 2022. Sakshi Chaudhary, Arundhati Choudhary, Sachin Siwach, Ankush Panghal, Narender Berwal and Jaismine Lamboria all won their respective quarterfinal bouts to reach the semifinals. Jaismine defeated England’s Elise Glynn 4-1 in the women’s 57kg category. Lawn Bowls Men’s Pairs: Navneet Singh and Dinesh Kumar continued their unbeaten run in Section B, coming from behind to defeat Namibia in straight sets, 5-3, 6-3. Women’s Singles: Nayanmoni Saikia controlled her Section C match to beat Caroline Whitehead of the Isle of Man in straight sets, 11-2, 7-4. Para Swimming Men’s 50m Freestyle S7: Suyash Narayan Jadhav narrowly missed out on a bronze medal by 0.3 seconds, finishing fourth. Chaithanya Vishwas Kulkarni finished fifth. Swimming Men’s 200m Freestyle: Sajan Prakash and Aneesh S Gowda both failed to advance from the heats to the final. Men’s 1500m Freestyle: Aryan Nehra finished seventh in the final. Jul 30, 2026 13:51 ISTCommonwealth Games: India's medal tallyIndia had a big burst in medals once again on Wednesday, July 29. And now they have 15 medals to their name. India are likely to add some more day. Here is the Commonwealth Games medal tally: Jul 30, 2026 13:47 ISTCWG Live: India's Schedule today 2:40 PM: Athletics - Tejaswin Shankar in Men's Decathlon 100m 2:55 PM: Athletics - Neeraj Chopra, Rohit Yadav and Yash Vir Singh in Men's Javelin Throw Qualifying 3:20 PM: Athletics - Tejaswin Shankar in Men's Decathlon Long Jump 4:55 PM: Athletics - Praveen Chithravel and Selva Prabhu in Men's Triple Jump Qualifying 5:07 PM: Track Cycling - Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam, David Beckham Elkotohchoongo and Rojit Singh Yanglem in Men's Team Sprint Qualifying 5:10 PM: Athletics - Tejaswin Shankar in Men's Decathlon Shot Put 5:40 PM: Athletics - Vishal TK in Men's 400m Semifinal 6:30 PM: Weightlifting - Martina Devi Maibam in Women's 86+kg Final (Medal Event) 7:30 PM: Lawn Bowls - India (Dinesh Kumar, Navneet Singh) vs Botswana in Men's Pairs Sectional Play 8:55 PM: Lawn Bowls - Nayanmoni Saikia vs Malaysia's Emma Firyana Saroji in Women's Singles Sectional Play 10:50 PM: Track Cycling - Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam, David Beckham Elkotohchoongo and Rojit Singh Yanglem in Men's Team Sprint Final (Subject to Qualification) 11:00 PM: Weightlifting - Lovepreet Singh in Men's 110+kg Final (Medal Event) 11:30 PM: Athletics - Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Samardeep Singh Gill in Men's Shot Put Final (Medal Event) 11:37 PM: Athletics - Animesh Kujur in Men's 200m Semifinal 11:38 PM: Athletics - Tejaswin Shankar in Men's Decathlon High Jump 1:10 AM: Athletics - Seema Kaliramna and Nidhi Rani in Women's Discus Throw Final (Medal Event) 1:30 AM: Athletics - Tejaswin Shankar in Men's Decathlon 400m 1:48 AM: Athletics - Parul Chaudhary in Women's 5000m Final (Medal Event) Jul 30, 2026 13:45 ISTCommonwealth Games Live: Top-tier Indian athletes in actionThis is not any ordinary day. Some of the biggest names in India athletics are participating today. Tejaswin Shankar, who seems to have recovered from his injury will be participating in the men's decathlon. It would be a heroic comeback if he is able to compete. Neeraj Chopra is in action in men's javelin qualifying round up next. And Animesh Kujur will take over from him in the men's 200m semi-final. I must tell you. I am very very excited for this day. Jul 30, 2026 13:35 ISTIndia at Commonwealth Games: LiveHello and welcome to India Today's coverage of the Commonwealth Games. It is a cloudy gloomy day at Glasgow as some top Indian stars take the track today. This is a very important day for the Indian contingent, perhaps the most important day in this year's Games. I am Kingshuk Kusari, and I will take you through the Commonwealth Games today.