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Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Indian athletes after their historic performances at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow. Sharmila Dhankar won India’s first-ever para-athletics gold in women’s shot put F57, while Shilpa Shyla secured bronze. Sarvesh Kushare bagged silver in high jump, with Indian weightlifters also adding multiple medals.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi lavished praise on Sharmila Dhankar for her historic gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and extended his best wishes for a para-athlete for her future endeavours.

Sharmila won the gold medal in the women’s shot put F57 event, with a season-best effort of 9.81m in Glasgow, becoming India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games para-athletics gold medallist. Her triumph ended India’s 20-year wait for a para-athletics medal at the Games.

"History has been created in Glasgow! Congratulations to Sharmila for a very special Gold in the Women's Shot Put F57 event and also for a season-best throw. This remarkable performance ends a two-decade-long wait for para-athletics gold at the Commonwealth Games. My best wishes for the endeavours ahead," PM Modi wrote on X.

Shot Putter Shilpa Shyla also secured a dramatic bronze medal in the same event after a successful post-match protest and review stripped Nigeria’s Eucharia Iyiazi of her valid mark.