Sharmila Dhankar wins India's first CWG para-athletics gold; Shilpa Shyla takes bronze
On 27 July 2026 at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, Sharmila Dhankar won the women's shot put F57 gold with a season-best 9.81 m â India's first-ever CWG para-athletics gold â while Shilpa K. Shyla was upgraded to bronze.
Summary
Haryana's 40-year-old para-athlete Sharmila Dhankar won the women's shot put F57 final at Glasgow 2026 with a season-best throw of 9.81 m, ending India's 20-year wait for a para-athletics medal at the Commonwealth Games (the last came in 2006). She became India's first CWG para-athletics gold medallist and the first Indian woman to win a para-athletics medal at the Games. Ghana's Zinabu Issah took silver with 8.65 m. Shilpa K. Shyla, who had finished fourth with a personal best of 7.26 m, was upgraded to bronze after an official review ruled Nigeria's Eucharia Iyiazi's mark a no-mark. It was India's first double podium in a single para-athletics event at the CWG. The F57 class is for athletes with lower-limb impairments.
Key facts
- Event
- Women's shot put F57, CWG Glasgow 2026
- Date
- 27 July 2026
- Gold
- Sharmila Dhankar (India) â 9.81 m, season best
- Silver
- Zinabu Issah (Ghana) â 8.65 m
- Bronze
- Shilpa K. Shyla (India) â 7.26 m, personal best (upgraded after review)
- Firsts
- India's first CWG para-athletics gold; first Indian woman CWG para-athletics medallist
- Wait ended
- 20 years (last para-athletics medal in 2006)
Practice MCQs 4 questions
Sharmila Dhankar won India's first-ever Commonwealth Games para-athletics gold at Glasgow 2026 in which event?
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Correct answer: B â Women's shot put F57
Sharmila Dhankar won the women's shot put F57 final with a season-best 9.81 m.
With what throw did Sharmila Dhankar win the women's shot put F57 gold at the 2026 Commonwealth Games?
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Correct answer: D â 9.81 m
Her winning season-best throw was 9.81 m. 8.65 m was the silver-winning mark of Ghana's Zinabu Issah and 7.26 m was Shilpa Shyla's bronze-winning personal best.
Consider the following statements about the women's shot put F57 event at Glasgow 2026: 1. Shilpa K. Shyla was upgraded to bronze after an official review of a Nigerian athlete's mark. 2. Ghana's Zinabu Issah won the silver medal. 3. Sharmila Dhankar's medal ended a 20-year wait for an Indian para-athletics medal at the CWG. Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Correct answer: A â 1, 2 and 3
All three are correct: Shilpa moved up from fourth after Nigeria's Eucharia Iyiazi's mark was ruled a no-mark; Zinabu Issah took silver (8.65 m); India's previous CWG para-athletics medal came in 2006.
Sharmila Dhankar, who won the F57 shot put gold at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, hails from which state?
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Correct answer: C â Haryana
Sharmila Dhankar is a 40-year-old para-athlete from Haryana (Chhithroli village, per the Indian Express).