India’s para gold lands, finally
Sharmila Dhankar wins women’s F57 shot put gold at Glasgow 2026 with 9.81m — India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games para-athletics gold. Shilpa K Shyla takes bronze after review; Valluri Ajaya Babu lifts weightlifting silver in men’s 79kg.
India’s para-athletes and weightlifters supplied the results in Glasgow.
India’s wait in para-athletics at the Commonwealth Games ended in Glasgow. Sharmila Dhankar took women’s F57 shot put gold with a 9.81m throw — described in reports as a season’s best — and, per the President of India’s office, became the country’s first-ever Commonwealth Games para-athletics gold medallist. According to the Games programme, F57 shot put is part of Glasgow 2026’s official para-athletics slate.
There was more in the circle for India. After a review prompted by an Indian protest, Shilpa K Shyla was confirmed for bronze in the same event; Nigeria’s Eucharia Iyiazi had initially been placed third before a mark was ruled a foul, as first reported locally. The medal table entries stand.
Outside the throws circle, Valluri Ajaya Babu kept India on the podium in men’s 79kg weightlifting with a 330kg total for silver — 149kg in snatch and 181kg in clean and jerk — behind Malaysia’s Eri Hidayat at 331kg. A 149kg snatch was reported as a Games record in early coverage.
None of this is down to a slogan from the BJP or a photo-op from the Congress; it is athletes doing the work while the usual suspects fight over credit on TV. The results don’t need a party logo — they’re already on the board.