Sakshi Chaudhary ended Ruby White’s unbeaten run of 68 matches on Saturday (August 1) to win a gold medal for India in the women’s 51kg boxing event at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2026.
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The 22-year-old boxer from Bhiwani won the final bout by a unanimous 5-0 decision, securing India’s third gold medal and overall fourth medal in boxing at CWG 2026.
Sakshi had won her previous three matches as well in the ongoing games with a scoreline of 5-0.
Before Sakshi bagged the yellow metal for India on Saturday evening, Preeti Pawar and Jaismine won gold in women’s 54kg and 57kg events respectively.
Preeti claimed the gold with a dominant 5-0 victory over Canada’s Scarlett Delgado and reigning world
champion Jaismine clinched the yellow metal with the same scoreline against Northern Ireland’s Michaela Walsh, who was the defending champion in the women’s 57kg.
Preeti made a commanding start to her gold-medal bout, winning the opening round unanimously with all five judges adjudicating 10-8 in the Indian’s favour.
The World No. 3 in the bantamweight division started the second round on a positive note and continued in the same vein to emerge winner for India’s first gold medal of the day.
Meanwhile, Jaismine took the first round by a split verdict after a close contest with both boxers challenging each other.
However, Jaismine won the second round by a unanimous verdict, having landed some hard blows on her opponents.
Indians to win medal in boxing at CWG 2026
| MEDAL | CATEGORY | BOXER |
| Gold | Women’s 54kg | Preeti Pawar |
| Gold | Women’s 57kg | Jaismine Lamboria |
| Silver | Men’s 55kg | Jadumani Singh |
| Gold | Women’s 51kg | Sakshi Chaudhary |
In the day’s third bout featuring an Indian pugilist, 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.
