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Seema Kaliramna Wins Discus Bronze (Img: X)
New Delhi: Another medal was won by India at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as Seema Kaliramna won a bronze medal in women's discus throw on Thursday, thereby concluding yet another successful day for India in the competition.
The 27-year-old threw a maximum of 58.65 meters and finished in third position. With this bronze medal, India now has four medals in athletics at the Games and when combined with Lovepreet Singh's silver medal in weightlifting earlier today, the total number of medals for India stands at 17.
Although she fouled in her first attempt, Seema soon got over her nerves and threw a decent throw of 57.32 meters in her second attempt and improved further in her third attempt throwing a distance of 58.65 meters, which secured a bronze medal for her.
Unable to improve further in the last two attempts, Seema Kaliramna managed to keep the bronze medal.
Jamaica’s Samantha Hall emerged victorious with a winning throw of 61.66m, with Canada’s Julia Tunks grabbing silver after throwing 60.67m.
Rani’s Indian compatriot Nidhi Rani came close to securing a medal but threw 57.10m and placed fourth, missing the medal positions by a mere 18 centimeters after improving upon her previous throw of 55.67m in the second round.
The latest success is yet another feather in Seema’s cap in a remarkable comeback story. After having a baby, she made a comeback and earned her gold medal at the 2025 National Games, followed by claiming back her national championship title.
Apart from competing in her field, she is also pursuing her PhD studies.
On the other hand, the Indian contingent also managed to do well in the men’s javelin throw qualifier with the gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, Rohit Yadav and Yashvir Singh making it to the finals despite unfavorable wind conditions which prevented any athlete from clearing the qualifying standard automatically.
Tejaswin Shankar also secured his place on the podium as he cleared the highest mark in the high jump event at 2.15m during the men’s decathlon event. After 5 events, Shankar currently ranks 2nd with a score of 4,339 points, 14 points shy of Canadian Damian Warner.
