India’s Ashok narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing fourth in the men’s lightweight para powerlifting event on Day 2 of the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow on Friday.

Competing in one of India’s first medal events of the day, Ashok produced a personal-best lift of 200kg, earning 143.8 points to finish just outside the podium.

He opened with a successful 195kg lift before improving to 200kg on his second attempt. The Indian made one final push at 205kg but was unable to complete the lift.

Compatriot Paramjeet Kumar finished seventh after registering 176kg on his opening attempt worth 135.6 points. He was unsuccessful in both his second and third attempts at 179kg, ending the competition with just one valid lift.

England’s Mark Swan was among the standout performers in the event, setting a new European record with a successful lift of 222kg.

Elsewhere, the Indian men’s artistic gymnastics team continued to impress in the team final.

The quartet of Tapan Mohanty, Yogeshwar Singh, Tapeswarnath Das and Swathish K.P. topped the standings among the teams that had completed their subdivision in the floor exercise (32.250), pommel horse (31.250), rings (36.050) and vault (37.750), with the latter emerging as India’s highest-scoring apparatus so far.

The team is scheduled to continue its campaign on the parallel bars and horizontal bar.

Earlier in the day, Srihari Nataraj qualified for the men’s 50m backstroke semifinals after clocking 25.52 seconds to finish fifth in his heat and 14th overall.

In para swimming, Ravi Veera Venkata progressed to the men’s S13 100m freestyle final as the third-fastest qualifier, while Imam Ali also made his Commonwealth Games debut.

India’s campaign will continue later in the evening with Jaspreet Kaur and Suman Devi in the women’s para powerlifting events, Rupa Rani Tirkey and Pinki Singh in women’s pairs bowls, Putul Sonowal in men’s singles bowls and Jadumani Singh in the men’s 55kg boxing round of 32.