Commonwealth Games 2026: Games in which India dominated were thrown out, there will be no rain of medals this time

Commonwealth Games 2026: The Commonwealth Games 2026 will start from July 23 in Glasgow, Scotland. This time due to low budget, these games will be organized at only 4 venues. However, this time the Commonwealth Games will be the smallest edition in the last 32 years. This time the number of medals for India is likely to be less. India has performed better in the Commonwealth Games this century and has won a flurry of medals, but this time India may get less medals; Because some sports have been removed from the Commonwealth Games 2026. This time only 10 sports will be organized. India has not won many medals in the sports included. There will be a total of 215 medal events in 10 sports in the Glasgow edition. A team of 126 players is taking part in this from India.

How many events of Commonwealth Games 2026 will be held in Glasgow, Scotland?

Many sports have been removed from the Commonwealth Games 2026, including popular sports like shooting, hockey, cricket, wrestling and badminton. India has had more dominance in these sports. Full team sports include only netball and basketball 3×3 formats. To reduce the expenses of this game, many outdoor events have also been removed, while lawn balls will be played indoor instead of open field.

So many players were excluded from Commonwealth Games 2026

• Athletics and Para Athletics (track and field)
• swimming and para swimming
• artistic gymnastics
• Track cycling and para cycling
• netball
• Weightlifting and Para Powerlifting
• boxing
• Judo
• Lawn balls and para balls
• 3×3 basketball and 3×3 wheelchair basketball

This time Commonwealth Games will be played at low cost

To keep costs down, the Commonwealth Games 2026 will be held at venues within a small area. At the same time, athletes and support staff will be accommodated in existing hotels instead of the new CWG Village. In this way, due to the Games being organized at only four places and lack of facilities, many sports have been excluded from it.

Australia’s Victoria state had refused to host the Commonwealth Games 2026.

The Commonwealth Games 2026 was to be hosted by the Australian state of Victoria. At the end of 2022, it was confirmed that Australia’s Victoria state would host the Commonwealth Games, but due to high expenses, Australia withdrew from hosting these games after just 9 months. After this, the Commonwealth Games Federation hurriedly searched for another host and finally Glasgow, Scotland agreed to host it. In October 2024, Glasgow was announced as the host city of the Commonwealth Games 2026.

How many players will participate in which game in the Commonwealth Games 2026?

A total of 126 Indian athletes are participating in the Commonwealth Games 2026, who will compete for medals in all sports. India has sent 77 male and 48 female athletes to the Games, including Para Games.

* Athletics: 32 players (10 women, 22 men)
* Boxing: 14 players
* Judo: 14 players
* Weightlifting: 12 players
* Artistic Gymnastics: 8 players
* Track Cycling: 6 players
* Bowls: 6 players
* Swimming: 5 players

Para Sports (Total Players)

* Para Athletics: 11 players
* Para Powerlifting: 7 players
* Para swimming: 6 players
*Wheelchair Basketball: 4 players
* Para Track Cycling: 1 player

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