Mirabai Chanu won Gold in weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games 2026, continuing India's strong performance at the Games. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated her via social media, acknowledging her consistent excellence at Commonwealth Games. Chanu, who competes in the 49 kg category, had previously won Gold at CWG 2022 in Birmingham and Silver at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Commonwealth Games 2026 are being hosted in Glasgow, Scotland, marking a return after the 2014 edition.

Commonwealth Games weightlifting results are classic recall territory for competitive exams — examiners test the host city, edition number, athlete category, and medal type simultaneously. Mirabai Chanu is India's most decorated weightlifter in recent years: Silver at Tokyo Olympics 2020 (49 kg), Gold at CWG 2022 Birmingham, and now Gold at CWG 2026 Glasgow. The Commonwealth Games 2026 are the 23rd edition of the Games, hosted by Glasgow after the city was announced as replacement host following the withdrawal of Victoria, Australia in 2023. For exams, the critical distractor is confusing Glasgow 2026 with Birmingham 2022 or conflating her Olympic medal (Silver) with her CWG medals (Gold). The weight category — 49 kg — is a frequent fill-in-the-blank target. UPSC may frame this within a broader static question about India's Olympic/CWG medal history. SEBI Grade A typically tests edition numbers and host cities. RBI Grade B favors withheld-datum formats: 'Mirabai Chanu won Gold at CWG 2026 in ___.' The PM's congratulatory message via PIB is the news hook, but the testable core is the athlete–event–host–category matrix.