For Rajasthan Royals fans, whose team calls Jaipur and Guwahati home during the Indian Premier League, there was plenty to celebrate at the Commonwealth Games 2026 as athletes from these regions produced some of India's most memorable performances.
Together, athletes from Rajasthan, Assam, Manipur and Tripura contributed seven medals - three gold, three silver and one bronze - to India's overall haul of 39 medals (13 gold, 17 silver and nine bronze) at Glasgow 2026.
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From a boxer who fought through fever to claim gold to a judoka who scripted history and a weightlifting legend who completed a remarkable hat-trick, here are the athletes from Rajasthan and the Northeast who left their mark on the Games.
Arundhati Choudhary (Kota, Rajasthan)
Gold - Women's 70kg boxing
Arundhati Choudhary overcame illness to become one of India's standout performers in Glasgow. Battling a fever, the Kota boxer defeated 2025 World Championships bronze medallist Chantelle Reid of England in the women's 70kg final, a day after upsetting reigning 2022 CWG champion Rosie Eccles of Wales in the semi-finals.
Despite her father's initial hopes of seeing her pursue academics, Arundhati persuaded her family to back her boxing ambitions.
With no qualified boxing coach available nearby, she trained under a local wushu instructor who learnt coaching methods through YouTube videos, making her Commonwealth Games triumph all the more extraordinary.
Asmita Dey (Belonia, Tripura)
Gold - Women's -48kg judo
Asmita Dey created history by becoming the first Indian judoka - male or female - to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal. She secured the women's -48kg title after defeating Canada's Heidi Quach in a dramatic Golden Score final.
The daughter of a bicycle mechanic from Belonia, Asmita began her sporting journey as an 800m runner before discovering judo.
Supported by her father and nurtured through the Khelo India and Sports Authority of India pathways, she rose through the ranks to achieve one of Indian judo's greatest milestones.
Mirabai Chanu (Imphal, Manipur)
Gold - Women's 48kg weightlifting
Mirabai Chanu once again underlined why she is among India's greatest weightlifters, winning the women's 48kg title to complete a hat-trick of Commonwealth Games gold medals.
The Olympic silver medallist dominated the competition with a Games record total of 190kg (85kg snatch + 105kg clean and jerk), rewriting the Games records in the snatch, clean and jerk and overall total.
Raised in humble surroundings in Manipur, where her father worked as a construction labourer and her mother ran a small tea stall, Mirabai's latest triumph added a fourth Commonwealth Games medal to her glittering career.
Lovlina Borgohain (Golaghat, Assam)
Silver - Women's 75kg boxing
Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain finally added a Commonwealth Games medal to her collection after claiming silver in the women's 75kg category.
The boxer from Baromukhia village in Assam's Golaghat district eased past Tuvalu's Tarona Taafaki in the semi-finals before finishing runner-up to Australia's Emma-Sue Greentree in the gold medal bout. It was a breakthrough after narrowly missing the podium at both Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022.
Rishikanta Singh (Imphal, Manipur)
Silver - Men's 60kg weightlifting
Rishikanta Singh gave India its first weightlifting medal of the Commonwealth Games 2026, winning silver in the men's 60kg event with a combined lift of 264kg (121kg snatch + 143kg clean and jerk).
Growing up in Ngaihaktang Makha Maning Leikai village in Manipur, Rishikanta worked at a roadside dhaba for ₹150 a day, washing utensils, carrying buckets of water and taking up construction work to help support his family.
Years later, those struggles culminated in a memorable Commonwealth Games podium finish.
Jadumani Singh (Imphal, Manipur)
Silver - Men's 55kg boxing
Jadumani Singh marked his Commonwealth Games debut with a silver medal in the men's 55kg boxing event before going down to Australia's Jye Dixon in the final.
Hailing from Iroishemba village near Imphal, Jadumani initially dreamt of becoming a footballer before his uncle introduced him to boxing.
A defining moment came at a district-level tournament, where Indian boxing legends MC Mary Kom and Sarita Devi recognised his potential and rewarded promising youngsters with cash prizes.
Their encouragement inspired him to pursue boxing seriously—a decision that has already taken him to a Commonwealth Games podium.
Bindyarani Devi (Imphal, Manipur)
Bronze - Women's 58kg weightlifting
Bindyarani Devi secured her second successive Commonwealth Games medal by winning bronze in the women's 58kg weightlifting event after claiming silver in the 55kg category at Birmingham 2022.
Born into a farming family in Manipur and inspired by Mirabai Chanu's success, Bindyarani totalled 199kg (87kg snatch + 112kg clean and jerk), clearing all three snatch attempts before producing a decisive clean and jerk lift to seal another Commonwealth Games podium finish.
Image courtesy: Boxing Federation of India (BFI)
