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Commonwealth Games 2026: Neeraj Chopra, Tejaswin Shankar, Mirabai Chanu among 126 Indian athletes set to compete at event

Sanjeev Kumar | July 22, 2026 8:22 PM CST

Atotal of 126-member Indian contingent is get ready to gun for golden glory at the Commonwealth Games 2026 which will get underway at Glasgow, Scotland, on Thursday.

A total of 3000 athletes from 74 participating nations will be competing in the 23rd edition of the Commonwealth Games.

India will be making their 19th appearance in the CWG after making their debut for the first time in 1934. The Indians will begin their campaign on Thursday ahead of the Opening Ceremony with the Lawn Bowl events.

The Indian Women's Lawn Bowls Team had created history at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham when Lovely Choubey, Pinki, Nayanmoni Saikia and Rupa Rani Tirkey defeated the South African team to win the historic gold in the final of the women's Fours event.

Here is a full list of Indian athletes competing at Commonwealth Games 2026…

Athlete	Event
Neeraj Chopra	Athletics (Javelin Throw)
Tejaswin Shankar	Athletics (Decathlon, High Jump)
Gurindervir Singh	Athletics (100m)
Animesh Kujur	Athletics (200m)
Parul Chaudhary	Athletics (3000m Steeplechase, 5000m)
Sreeshankar Murali	Athletics (Long Jump)
Pooja Singh	Athletics (High Jump)
Manpreet Kaur	Athletics (Shot Put)
Seema Kaliramna	Athletics (Discus Throw)
Nidhi Rani	Athletics (Discus Throw)
Sarvesh Kushare	Athletics (High Jump)
Praveen Chithravel	Athletics (Triple Jump)
Selva Prabhu	Athletics (Triple Jump)
Lokesh Satyanathan	Athletics (Long Jump)
Ravina	Athletics (Racewalking)
Priyanka Goswami	Athletics (Racewalking)
Rashdeep Kaur	Athletics (400m)
Neeru Pathak	Athletics (400m)
Ansa Babu	Athletics (400m)
Tejas Shirse	Athletics (110m hurdles)
Yashas Palaksha	Athletics (400m hurdles)
Santhosh T	Athletics (400m hurdles)
Dev Meena	Athletics (Pole Vault)
Kuldeep Kumar	Athletics (Pole Vault)
Rohit Yadav	Athletics (Javelin Throw)
Yashvir Singh	Athletics (Javelin Throw)
Vishal TK	Athletics (400m)
Rajesh Ramesh	Athletics (400m)
Tajinderpal Singh Toor	Athletics (Shot Put)
Samardeep Singh Gill	Athletics (Shot Put)
Aadarsh Ram	Athletics (High Jump)
Sakshi Chaudhary	Boxing (51kg)
Jaismine Lamboria	Boxing (57kg)
Preeti Pawar	Boxing (54kg)
Priya Ghanghas	Boxing (60kg)
Parveen Hooda	Boxing (65kg)
Arundhati Chaudhary	Boxing (70kg)
Lovlina Borgohain	Boxing (75kg)
Jadumani Singh	Boxing (55kg)
Sachin Siwach	Boxing (60kg)
Aditya Pratap Singh	Boxing (65kg)
Sumit Kundu	Boxing (70kg)
Ankush	Boxing (80kg)
Kapil Pokhriya	Boxing (90kg)
Narender Berwal	Boxing (+90kg)
Mirabai Chanu	Weightlifting
Gyaneshwari Devi	Weightlifting
Bindiyarani Devi	Weightlifting
Harjinder Kaur	Weightlifting
Sanjana	Weightlifting
Martina Devi	Weightlifting
Rishikanta Singh	Weightlifting
M Raja	Weightlifting
Ajaya Babu	Weightlifting
Dilbag Singh	Weightlifting
Lovepreet Singh	Weightlifting
Ronaldo Singh	Track Cycling
David Beckham	Track Cycling
Rojit Singh	Track Cycling
Dinesh Kumar	Track Cycling
Jemesh Singh	Track Cycling
Harshveer Sekhon	Track Cycling
Aneesh Gowda	Swimming
Sajan Prakash	Swimming
Srihari Nataraj	Swimming
Aryan Nehra	Swimming
Dharshan Shashikumar	Swimming
Shharadha Chopade	Judo(52kg)
Asmit Dey	Judo(48kg)
Tulika Maan	Judo(+78kg)
Inunganbi	Judo(70kg)
Ishroop Narang	Judo(78kg)
Yamini Mourya	Judo(57kg)
Unnati Sharma	Judo (63kg)
Avtar Singh	Judo (+100kg)
Yash Ghangas	Judo (100kg)
Arun Kumar	Judo (73kg)
Karanjit Singh Maan	Judo (90kg)
Rohit	Judo (66kg)
Harsh Tokas	Judo (81kg)
Harsh Singh	Judo (60kg)
Pinki	Lawn Bowls
Nayanmoni Saikia	Lawn Bowls
Rupa Rani Tirkey	Lawn Bowls
Dinesh Kumar	Lawn Bowls
Navneet Singh	Lawn Bowls
Putul Sonowal	Lawn Bowls
Prannati Nayak	Artistic Gymnastics
Nishika Agarwal	Artistic Gymnastics
Eshita Rewale	Artistic Gymnastics
Protistha Samanta	Artistic Gymnastics
Tapan Mohanty	Artistic Gymnastics
Satyajit Mondal	Artistic Gymnastics
Tapaswera Nath	Artistic Gymnastics
Swatish Kaitheri	Artistic Gymnastics
Sharmila	Para Athletics
Devender Kumar	Para Athletics
Rakeshbhai Bhatt	Para Athletics
Dilip Gavit	Para Athletics
Shubham Juyal	Para Athletics
Shilpa Shyla	Para Athletics
Soman Rana	Para Athletics
Basil	Para Athletics
Rakesh Shanmugam	Para Athletics
Sagar Thyat	Para Athletics
Shreyansh Trivedi	Para Powerlifting
Jaspreet Kaur	Para Powerlifting
Suman Devi	Para Powerlifting
Kasthuri Rajamani	Para Powerlifting
Paramjeet	Para Powerlifting
Ashok Kumar	Para Powerlifting
Jhandu Kumar	Para Powerlifting
Sudhir	Para Powerlifting
Ravi Veera	Para Swimming
Ali Imam	Para Swimming
Suyash Jadhav	Para Swimming
Swastik Patil	Para Swimming
Chaitanya Kulkarni	Para Swimming
Tejas Nandkumar	Para Swimming
Reena Gupta	Wheelchair Basketball Team
Rita Chanu	Wheelchair Basketball Team
Minakshi Jadhav	Wheelchair Basketball Team
Lakshmi Rayappa	Wheelchair Basketball Team
Lisha Das	Para Cycling

The opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2026 will take place in Glasgow's Hydro, an iconic venue that has featured some of the world's biggest music stars and acts.