India’s medal haul at the 2026 Commonwealth Games is set to grow even further following a dominant Friday session on the judo mats, where Asmita Dey, Harsh Singh, and Yamini Mourya all surged into their respective finals. By securing places in the gold-medal bouts, scheduled for later this evening at 8:30 PM IST, the trio has guaranteed India at least three silver medals while putting themselves within striking distance of the top step of the podium.
India's three judokas enter final at CWG 2026
Asmita Dey produced an inspiring run in the women’s 48kg category, kicking off her campaign with an ippon victory over Scotland’s Eva Ewing before battling back from behind to edge past another local favorite, Summer Shaw, via yuko in the semifinals. She now turns her sights toward Canada’s Heidi Quach for the title clash.
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In the men’s 60kg division, Harsh Singh navigated a demanding path to the summit bout. After scoring an early ippon against Malawi's Chikondi Kathewera and navigating his quarterfinal against Vanuatu’s Alan Monthouel, Harsh ground out a crucial waza-ari victory over Australia's Pedro Carlos Antun Neto in the semifinals to set up a gold-medal showdown against another Australian, Joshua Katz.
Asmita Dey, Harsh Singh, Yamini Mourya scorch bright
Yamini Mourya rounded out the flawless session with an authoritative campaign in her division. Following a smooth win over Ghana’s Frema Agyei, Yamini made quick work of South Africa's Donne Breytenbach in the semifinals, winning by ippon to lock in a championship bout against England’s Acelya Toprak.
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It was not an entirely clean sweep on the mat for the Indian contingent, as two judokas saw their campaigns end prematurely in the repechage rounds. In the women’s 52kg category, Shraddha Kadubal Chopade started promisingly with a victory over Sierra Leone's Jane Massaquoi, but a quarterfinal defeat to Australia's Tinka Easton pushed her into the second-chance bracket. Her run ultimately came to a close there after a hard-fought yuko loss to Wales' Lola Hodson.
A similar story played out in the men’s 66kg division for Rohit Basir Majgul. After overcoming Mozambique's Samuel Ribeiro, Majgul stumbled against Petros Christodoulides of Cyprus in the quarterfinals. Relegated to the repechage stage, he fought to keep his medal hopes alive but was eventually eliminated by England's Michael Fryer, who secured the win by yuko.