31-07-2025
First Glasgow 2026 medal to be in Para-powerlifting
The first medal of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games will be awarded in Para-powerlifting - the first time a Para-sport has had that schedule for the event, which will feature 10 sports across four venues in the city from 23 July to 2 August, has been announced on 3,000 athletes from 74 nations and territories of the Commonwealth are set to compete, with over 50 medal sessions across 11 days, and more than 200 medals to be won. Swimming, track cycling and Para sports will each boast more medallists than in any of the previous 22 iterations of the athletics will have two new events - the mixed 4x400m relay and the Commonwealth Mile, which replaces the sports will be fully integrated across six of the 10 disciplines, with a Games record of 47 medal events in full event schedule is expected to be confirmed later in the year, when the sales of up to 500,000 tickets begin.
