India Continue Golden Run at Commonwealth Fencing Championship With Five Medals on Day 3; Overall Tally Reaches 29

India continued its remarkable medal-winning run at the Senior Commonwealth Fencing Championship 2026 in Lagos, Nigeria, adding five more medals on the third day of competition to take its overall tally to an impressive 29 medals.

The Indian fencing contingent produced another dominant display across the Senior Women's Foil, Senior Men's Épée and Senior Men's Sabre events, finishing Day 3 with three gold, one silver and one bronze medal. The latest haul takes India's overall medal count to eight gold, seven silver and 14 bronze medals, underlining the country's depth across all three fencing weapons.

With the championship entering its final stage, India will now look to maintain its momentum and close out the competition with another strong performance.

India began Day 3 with a dominant performance in the Senior Women's Foil competition, where Kanaglakshmi and Joys Ashitha occupied the top two positions on the podium. Kanaglakshmi produced a composed and controlled campaign to claim the gold medal, while teammate Joys Ashitha secured silver.

The Indian duo's performance ensured that the gold and silver medals remained within the Indian camp, with England's Georgia Green and Emily Goodchild completing the podium with bronze medals. The result added another significant highlight to what has already been an impressive championship for India's women's fencers.

A one-two finish at a senior international championship also demonstrated the depth available within India's foil programme. Kanaglakshmi's gold provided another top podium finish, while Ashitha's silver ensured that India took two of the three medal positions.

India's second gold medal of the day came in the Senior Men's Épée, where Rajendran Shanthimol Sherjin produced a commanding performance to emerge as champion. Sherjin successfully negotiated the competition before overcoming South Africa's Kruger Pieter in the gold-medal contest. Kruger finished with the silver medal, while Wales' Burkhardt Marc and South Africa's Losevsky Sergey shared the bronze. Sherjin's victory further strengthened India's position in the men's competition and gave the contingent another gold medal across a different weapon.

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The result also meant India had now won gold medals in both women's and men's events during the day's competition, highlighting the broad-based nature of its success.

Singh Karan Singh Adds Third Gold

India's third gold medal of Day 3 came in the Senior Men's Sabre, where Singh Karan Singh completed another successful campaign for the Indian contingent.

Karan Singh faced Australia's Shim Yoongi in the final and emerged victorious after a strong gold-medal contest. Shim took the silver medal, while India's Kumaresan Padma Gisho Nidhi secured bronze. Nigeria's Akinyosoye Oluwafolayemi shared the other bronze medal.

The result gave India another one-two presence on the podium, with Karan Singh taking gold and teammate Nidhi finishing with bronze. It also completed India's gold-medal sweep across three different weapons on the third day foil, épée and sabre.

India's overall tally of 29 medals after three days represents a strong performance at the Commonwealth Fencing Championship. The medal count currently stands at:

• 8 Gold

• 7 Silver

• 14 Bronze

The consistency across the three days has been particularly notable. India has continued to produce medal-winning performances across both men's and women's events, with athletes competing successfully in foil, épée and sabre. Day 3 alone delivered three gold medals, demonstrating that India's strong performance has not been restricted to one particular weapon or category. The results also build on India's seven-medal haul from Day 2, when the contingent won one gold, two silver and four bronze medals.

With each successive day producing another significant collection of medals, India has established itself as one of the leading contingents at the championship.

The championship now moves into its concluding stage, with the Indian contingent preparing for the final events across Foil, Épée and Sabre. The five medals won on Day 3 have provided further momentum, but the Indian team still has an opportunity to add to its tally before the competition concludes. For the athletes, the final events will be an opportunity to finish a highly productive championship on a high. For the Indian fencing programme, the overall performance in Lagos offers encouraging evidence of the depth developing across the senior ranks.

The 29-medal tally including eight golds is already a significant achievement, but India's campaign is not over yet. The final day will determine whether the contingent can push its medal count even higher and strengthen its position at the top of the championship standings.

For now, Day 3 has once again belonged to India.

Three golds, one silver and one bronze have taken the Indian tally to 29 medals, with Kanaglakshmi, Rajendran Shanthimol Sherjin and Singh Karan Singh leading another golden day in Lagos.