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Ravi Veera Venkata Bhavani Karthik: India will look to pick medals through a strong para powerlifting contingent while swimmers, gymnasts and boxers also begin their campaigns on a packed Day 2 schedule of the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Friday.

India's biggest medal hopes on the day rest in para powerlifting, where multiple lifters will compete across men's and women's finals at the SEC Armadillo.

Ashok and Parmjeet Kumar will feature in the men's lightweight final, while Jaspreet Kaur and Suman Devi will contest the women's lightweight final. Kasthuri Rajamani will compete in the women's heavyweight final later in the evening, before Sudhir and Jhandu Kumar take the platform in the men's heavyweight final after midnight (IST).