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CWG 2026, India Day 9 Highlights: Neeraj Chopra Wins Silver, Tejaswin Shankar Takes Decathlon Bronze
India at Commonwealth Games 2026 Highlights: Double-podium in Javelin, 10 boxing finals and 3 Judo medals embelish the day.

Commonwealth Games 2026 Highlights:It was a highly successful day so far for India, with 2 Gold and 1 Silver in Judo and 10 qualifications for Boxing finals. It ended with Neeraj Chopra and Yash Vir Singh making it a double podium with Silver and Bronze in the Javelin final. Tejaswin Shankar took home an equally historic first Bronze for India in the men’s Decathlon.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: End Of Coverage!
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Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Boxing Update
Narender Berwal, meanwhile, won with a unanimous 5-0 decision to enter the finals! He made it 10 out of 10 in the finals!
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Pathirage Takes Us To Close
The Sri Lankan (now a legend!) hits a sub-80 in his final attempt. But who cares? He has won GOLD! India take two podium positions.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Neeraj Chopra’s Final Throw
Eyes on the prize for the Indian champion. Can he create history here? It will take a monumental effort. There’s some issue. Someone’s in his way and the claps he was building up are gone. Now he drops the javelin as the issue is sorted out. It was a cone. The claps are back. Neeraj one final time today…. He knows it’s not good enough and fouls it. He’ll take silver.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Smit To Try
The South African needs to beat 85.41m to retake his Bronze from Yash Vir Singh. It’s his last throw. Can he do it? No, he goes well out of bounds and that’s 2 medals CONFIRMED for India!
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: YASHVEER SINGH HITS PERSONAL BEST!
WOWW! The Indian throws 85.41 metres to thrust into Bronze! This is the biggest throw of his life, at the biggest stage yet.
Rohit won’t cross 80 in his final throw and bows out without a medal.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Walcott Crosses 80!
Walcott registers his best of 82.55 metres, but it won’t be enough for a medal.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Pathirage’s 5th
He fouls the fifth throw. Was not happy with it. No sweat. He’s still leading, despite fouling each but his best one.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Neeraj Chopra’s FIFTH Throw
This needs to be perfect. But it isn’t. Doesn’t touch 80 metres and chooses not to register it. The winds have really picked up and it’s just not happening for him. One more to go for Gold.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Yash Vir Singh And Rohit Yadav’s Throws
Yash Vir Singh records 76.95m with his fifth attempt and remains seventh in the standings. Rohit Yadav throws out of bounds.
Meanwhile, Peters doesn’t get past 80m. That all but confirms at least a silver for Neeraj.
Smit fouls but remains in Bronze.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Huddles Update
India’s Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan and Yashas Palaksha finish seventh and eighth, respectively, in the men’s 400m hurdles final at the Commonwealth Games 2026. A forgettable end for India.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Pathirage Won’t Cross 80
One of his bad ones. Very difficult conditions, and the Sri Lankan stays below the 80 mark and fouls.
Walcott does the same after failing to breach the 75-metre mark.
East is very angry with himself as he falls just under the 75-metre mark.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: NEERAJ CHOPRA’S FOURTH THROW
He asks the crowd to clap behind him. This one is a very important throw.
He crosses 80 — which is huge, considering how others are doing — but he’s not happy because he can do better. It’s 80.73m to be exact.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Rohit Yadav’s Poor Start
Rohit Yadav can’t cross 75 metres either. He starts with 73.30m.
Peters cannot build on his earlier effort, managing 79.46m with his fourth throw to remain fourth in the standings.
Smit, currently in the bronze medal position with 82.88m, follows with a foul after overstepping the line, leaving his position unchanged.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Yash Vir Singh Fouls
Yash Vir Singh fouls his first of three throws in the Last-Eight.
Keshorn Walcott, sitting eighth, cannot improve with his fourth attempt of 77.42m and remains in the same position.
Ben East also fails to climb the standings, throwing 75.66m in the fourth round to stay seventh.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: All 3 Indians In Top-8!
Neeraj Chopra, Rohit Yadav and Yash Vir Singh have all reached the final eight and will now get three more throws each to fight for podium spots. Neeraj will need a miraculous 90m or better to clinch Gold here.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Walcott And Smit End The Round
Walcott ends the first round with 78.85m.Smit, meanwhile, closes with a foul.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Pathirage’s 3rd Attempt!
Here comes the leader. He fouls it, crossing the line.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Rohit Yadav’s Third
Rohit Yadav’s third attempt is really poor, not even touching 75 m, so he fouls it. But he’s still in top-eight.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Andersen Peters Throws His Best
The dangerous Grenada athlete gets his best of the first three with 82.55m.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Arshad Nadeem ELIMINATED
Looks like the Pakistani’s time here has come to an end. He throws 75.39m in his third attempt and won’t qualify for top-eight!
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Neeraj Chopra’s Third Throw!
It’s decent but it’s not great. There was a bit of spin as he released and he was not happy. It’s 81.29metres, which is not near his Silver, and quite far away from Gold.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Yash Vir Singh Crosses 80!
Yash Vir Singh delivers his best throw of the night, launching the javelin 81.33m on his third attempt to strengthen his chances of making the top eight.
Ben East records 71.56m with his third throw but safely remains in the top eight thanks to his opening effort of 81.12m. Australia’s Cameron McEntyre, needing a big throw to stay alive, fouls and is eliminated from the competition.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Douw Smit Crosses 80!
Walcott from Trinidad and Tobago has to deal with the break confusion and throws 78.72m.
Douw Smit crosses 80m and dislodges Rohit Yadav from third. His 82.88m is getting him bronze for now!
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Very Cold
There’s a slight delay due to other events and all atheletes are in heavy-duty jackets to keep themselves warm. Neeraj is fighting his Sri Lankan opponent as well as nature today.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Neeraj Is Second
Neeraj’s season-best hasn’t proven enough yet. It was a brilliant throw of 85.83m in his second attempt, but he’s well behind Pathirage’s 89.75m, who’s leading and is primed to win Gold.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: HISTORY IN DECATHLON! HISTORY!
This is as big as whatever happens in Javelin today, folks. Tejaswin scripts history by becoming the first Indian ever to win a Commonwealth Games medal in the men’s decathlon. He finishes with bronze, securing India’s maiden medal in the event in Games history.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Lovelina In The Final!
Quick Boxing Update:Lovelina has reached the final with an easy victory in the semi-final!
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: WOWWW! Rumesh Pathirage!
Rumesh Pathirage stuns everyone. Here we were worried that no one might cross 86 metres because of the windy conditions but Pathirage, the 23-year-old Sri Lankan, throws a sensational oneclose to 90 metres. Getting you official readings now. It is a MIND-STOPPING 89.75m!He is in comfortable lead and Neeraj needs some catching up to do now.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: ROHIT YADAV, YOU BEAUTY!
Rohit Yadav, brilliant! It’s India One-Two in the Javelin final as Rohit throws 81.56m!
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Here Comes Anderson Peters
Nigeria’s Chinecherem Nnamdi appears to be struggling physically, aborting his first run-up before recording 75.06m with his second attempt, short of his opening 76.29m.
Anderson Peters then produces a superb 81.41m to climb into second place, firmly entering the medal race.
Arshad Nadeem gets on the board with 77.41m on his second attempt, moving up to fifth in the standings.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Neeraj Chopra’s Second Throw
THERE YOU GO! Neeraj throws a season-best of 85.83 at the biggest stage. That’s India’s Olympics Champion Right THERE!
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Second Round
The second round gets underway with Yash Vir Singh registering his first legal throw of the competition, 78.55m, after opening with a foul.
Leader Ben East cannot improve on his opening mark of 81.12m, managing 76.53m with his second attempt. Australia’s Cameron McEntyre also betters his first throw, recording 72.34m.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Struggles All Around
Reigning world champion Keshorn Walcott opens with a modest 76.33m, while South Africa’s Douw Smit closes out the first round with a foul. Several athletes struggle to control their run-up on the fast track, leading to multiple fouls.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Rumesh Pathirage’s First Throw
World leader Rumesh Pathirage opens with a foul after overstepping the line, despite sending the javelin close to the 85m mark.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Rohit Yadav’s First Throw
India’s Rohit Yadav is next up. His opening throw is measured at 77.50m, leaving him with plenty of room for improvement as he looks to climb the standings in the remaining attempts.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Arshad Nadeem’s First Throw
The Pakistani giant throws a foul first throw.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Neeraj Chopra’s First Throw!
Former Commonwealth Games champion Neeraj Chopra is back in a CWG final for the first time since his gold-winning campaign in 2018.
The Indian makes a solid start, opening with a throw of 80.97m to comfortably clear the 80-metre mark. Neeraj looks pleased with the effort as he begins his title challenge. He gets some instructions about the dip from his coach.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Javelin Throw First Round
India’s Yash Vir Singh is the first athlete in action, but his opening attempt ends in a foul as he steps over the line after releasing the javelin.
England’s Ben East follows with a strong opening throw of 81.12m to move into the early lead. Australia’s Cameron McEntyre is unable to match that effort, managing 71.66m with his first throw.
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Cycling Update
Harshveer Singh Sekhon finishes 21st in the men’s elimination race final, ending well outside the medal positions.
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