Commonwealth Games 2026: How Amity University Online Is Supporting India's Athletes

Fourteen students. Three sports. One university. And one of the biggest multi-sport stages in the world.

As India competes at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 14 athletes in the contingent share something beyond their sporting credentials: they are all students of Amity University Online. Some have already made their mark on the Games, while others continue to compete on the international stage. All of them have made the deliberate choice to pursue learning alongside their sporting passion and career.
 

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The Fourteen Who Made It

There are 14 Amity Online student-athletes representing India across weightlifting, boxing, and cycling.

In Weightlifting, six students step onto the platform for India:

• Mirabai Chanu, a student of the Psychology program at Amity University Online, is one of India's most accomplished weightlifters, still competing at the highest level, still studying, and still raising the bar in every sense of the phrase.
• Rishikanta Singh, a student of Sports Psychology at Amity University Online, brings years of competitive experience to the Glasgow platform.
• M. Raja, a student of Sports Psychology at Amity University Online, is part of the next generation of athletes pushing Indian weightlifting forward on the world stage.
• Lovepreet Singh, a student of Sports Psychology at Amity University Online- one of the most closely watched names in Indian heavyweight lifting, a category where India has real ambitions.
• Seram Nirupama Devi, a student of Sports Psychology at Amity University Online-  experience, consistency, and a career built entirely at the highest levels of the sport.
• Martina Devi, a student of Sports Psychology at Amity University Online-  completing a weightlifting lineup that reflects the genuine depth of Indian talent in the discipline.

In Boxing, five students step into the ring representing India:

• Aditya Pratap Yadav (65 kg), BA student at Amity University Online- technically precise and sharp in the ring, with the kind of ring intelligence that only comes from years of serious competitive boxing.
• Kapil Pokhariya, MBA student at Amity University Online- a name building real momentum on the international circuit and one to follow through the Games.
• Jaismine Lamboria (57 kg), an MBA student at Amity University Online- among the brightest and most exciting talents in Indian women's boxing right now.
• Arundhati Choudhary (70 kg), BA student at Amity University Online, brings experience, power, and competitive maturity to a category where India has been steadily raising its game.
• Sakshi Chaudhary (51 kg), MBA student at Amity University Online, represents the next chapter of Indian women's boxing at the Commonwealth level, with everything still ahead of her.

In Cycling, three students take to the track for India:

• David Beckham Elkatohchoonga, a student of Sports Psychology at Amity University Online, brings a focused, disciplined approach to one of the most technically demanding and physically punishing sports at the Games.
• Rojit Singh Yanglem, a student of Sports Psychology at Amity University Online - a name to watch closely as Indian cycling continues to grow its competitive presence on the international stage.
• Sekhon Harshveer Singh, a student of Sports Psychology at Amity University Online- completing a cycling contingent that reflects India's expanding ambitions and growing depth across track disciplines.

Fourteen students. Fourteen different journeys. One clear point: academic pursuit and sporting excellence are not competing priorities but complementary ones. Each of these athletes wakes up every day and chooses both.
 

What These Fourteen Athletes Are Telling India

Elite sport at Commonwealth Games level does not leave space for much else. Training loads are brutal, competition calendars are unforgiving, and the mental demands of performing under international pressure are considerable. And yet every one of these athletes made the same choice. They kept studying.

• Athletes can study from wherever their sport takes them, whether that is a national training camp, an international competition, or home between events.
• The academic structure works around competition schedules rather than expecting athletes to fit studying into a fixed calendar.
• Lectures, assignments, and academic support are accessible through a digital platform that the student can use on their own time.
• Programs across Psychology, Sports Psychology, Business Administration, and Management give athletes a meaningful academic path that matches their ambitions beyond sport.

At Amity University Online, being a serious student and a serious athlete are not in conflict. For these fourteen, they have always been the same thing.
 

Education That Goes Where the Athlete Goes

Amity University Online was built around one core understanding: ambition does not follow a timetable. An athlete training at a national camp in one city, competing internationally the following week, and returning for domestic competition the week after cannot fit into a rigid academic calendar. They need an institution that fits around them.

Amity University Online offers programmes across disciplines that can support students in building academic and professional pathways beyond sport. For these fourteen athletes, that flexibility is not a feature. It is the reason studying remained possible at all.

Mirabai Chanu’s decision to study the Psychology programme at Amity University Online while continuing her career as one of the world’s best weightlifters is evidence that education and elite sport can go hand in hand. Her journey after winning the gold medal in the women’s 48 kg category at Glasgow 2026 provides an inspiring example of how academic ambitions can be realised alongside sporting success.
 

Conclusion

When these fourteen athletes step onto the platform, into the ring, and onto the track in Glasgow, they carry with them something that goes beyond medals and rankings. Each of them, from Mirabai Chanu to Sekhon Harshveer Singh, from Jaismine Lamboria to David Beckham Elkatohchoonga, is living proof that pursuing education and competing at the highest level of sport are not opposing choices. They are complementary ones.

Amity University Online is proud to stand behind all fourteen student-athletes representing India at the Commonwealth Games 2026, Glasgow. Their presence on this stage is a source of genuine pride for the institution, for Indian sport, and for every young athlete in the country who has been told they must choose between education and their sporting dream. They do not have to. And these fourteen are proving it.

To all fourteen athletes and Team India, we celebrate your achievements and wish you continued success. Keep making the country proud.