Priya Ghanghas defeated Canada’s Marie Al-Ahmadieh in the final of the women’s 60kg boxing event on Saturday (August 1) to win India’s fourth gold medal in boxing at the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The final bout was a difficult one for Priya, but she managed to secure a win by a split 4-1 decision.
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The boxer from Bhiwani was the fourth Indian female boxer to compete in a gold medal bout on Saturday and, like Preeti Pawar, Jaismine Lamboria and Sakshi Chaudhary, she also managed to win a yellow medal for India.
In previous editions of the Commonwealth Games, Indian female boxers had managed to win only three gold medals combined. However, at the ongoing CWG 2026, India have already won four
gold medals in women’s boxing events.
Indians to win gold in boxing at CWG (females)
| EDITION | HOST CITY | CATEGORY | ATHLETE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Gold Coast | Light flyweight | MC Mary Kom |
| 2022 | Birmingham | Minimumweight | Nitu Ghanghas |
| 2022 | Birmingham | Light flyweight | Nikhat Zareen |
| 2026 | Glasgow | 54kg | Preeti Pawar |
| 2026 | Glasgow | 57kg | Jaismine Lamboria |
| 2026 | Glasgow | 51kg | Sakshi Chaudhary |
| 2026 | Glasgow | 60kg | Priya Ghanghas |
Indian female boxers can win two more gold medals on Saturday, as Arundhati Choudhary and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain are also set to compete in the women’s 70kg and 75kg events, respectively.
Preeti opened India’s medal account
Preeti Pawar was the first Indian to win boxing gold for India in the ongoing games. She claimed the gold with a dominant 5-0 victory over Canada’s Scarlett Delgado in the women’s 54kg before reigning world champion Jaismine clinched the yellow metal with the same scoreline against Northern Ireland’s Michaela Walsh.
Sakshi then beat Ruby White of England in women’s 51kg final 5-0 to win India’s third boxing gold of the day.
But Jadumani Singh lost a hard-fought contest 0-5 against Australia’s Jye Dixon.
After a bit of struggle against his taller opponent from Down Under, Jadumani rallied to win the first round 3-2.
However, Dixon then showed his wares and fought back brilliantly to take the second round by an 5-0 unanimous verdict. The Aussie used the momentum to edge out his opponent and end India’s golden run in the boxing ring.
Jadumani had stormed into the men’s 55kg final after pulling off a 5-0 unanimous decision victory against Philip Haoseb of Namibia on Friday.
