Asmita Dey and Harsh Singh win judo gold at Commonwealth Games 2026 Glasgow; first Indian judoka to win CWG gold

Commonwealth Games 2026: Asmita Dey and Harsh Singh win unprecedented gold medals in judo for India

Asmita Dey became the first Indian judoka to win a Commonwealth Games gold before Harsh Singh doubled the tally minutes later. Yamini Mourya bagged silver.

Indian judokas created history at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow on Friday, with Asmita Dey and Harsh Singh both winning unprecedented gold medals in the sport.

Asmita Dey led the way, beating Canada’s Heidi Quach by yuko in the women’s -48kg final at the SEC to become the first Indian judoka to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games .

She came from behind to force a Golden Score - judo’s version of sudden death extra-time - before clinching the close contest.

The 23-year-old Asmita, an Asian Junior Championships bronze medallist, had booked her place in the judo title bout by beating Scotland’s Eva Ewing by ippon in the quarter-finals and edging another home favourite, Summer Shaw, by yuko in the semis.

Minutes later, Harsh Singh doubled India’s judo tally by upsetting Australia’s Joshua Katz, an Olympian, four-time Oceania champion and Birmingham 2022 bronze medallist, by waza-ari in the men’s -60kg final.

Chasing his first major international medal, Harsh had won his first two bouts - against Chikondi Kathewera of Malawi and Vanuatu’s Alan Monthouel - by ippons before getting the better of another Australian, Pedro Carlos Antun Neto, by waza-ari in the semi-final.

Later in the day, Yamini Mourya settled for a silver in the women’s -57kg after going down to England’s Acelya Toprak, a silver medallist at the last edition, in the final by ippon.

Yamini pushed Toprak through four minutes of regulation and nearly three minutes of Golden Score before a third shido penalty handed the experienced English judoka victory

The Indian judoka had earlier beaten Ghana’s Frema Agyei by ippon in the quarter-final and repeated the feat against South Africa’s Donne Breytenbach in the semis.

There was disappointment for the other two Indians in action on the day. Shraddha Chopade (women’s -52kg) and Rohit Basir Majgul (men’s -66kg) both bowed out after repechage defeats.

Shraddha opened brightly with an ippon win over Sierra Leone’s Jane Massaquoi before losing her quarter-final to Australia’s Tinka Easton and then going down to Wales’ Lola Hodson in the repechage.

Rohit followed a similar path, beating Mozambique’s Samuel Ribeiro by ippon before falling to Cyprus’ Petros Christodoulides in the quarter-final and then to England’s Michael Fryer in the repechage.

Before the opening day of judo events at Glasgow 2026 on Friday, Indian judokas had won five silvers and six bronze at the multisport quadrennial meet.

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