CWG: Sharmila wins historic gold in para athletics as India shines wi…

Sharmila Dhankar scripted history by becoming India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games para-athletics gold medallist, while high jumper Sarvesh Kushare and weightlifters Valluri Ajaya Babu and Gyaneshwari Yadav clinched a silver each, as the country enjoyed a rewarding day in the multi-sport event here.

Sharmila delivered a landmark performance by winning the women’s shot put F57 title with a season-best effort of 9.81m, becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal in para-athletics at the Games late on Monday night.

Her triumph ended India’s 20-year wait for a para-athletics medal at the Games. The last para athletics medal in CWG was won by Ranjith Kumar Jayaseelan in the men’s seated Discus Throw event in the 2006 edition. sports24.club

The F57 classification is for athletes with lower limb impairments, limb deficiencies or reduced muscle power.

Soon after, national record holder Kushare created history by becoming the first Indian to win a silver medal in the men’s high jump at the Games.

The 31-year-old cleared 2.25m before narrowly missing out on gold on countback to Jamaica’s Romaine Beckford after both failed to clear 2.28m. England’s Jack Kimani took bronze with 2.20m.

Kushare improved upon the bronze won by Tejaswin Shankar in Birmingham four years ago, which had been India’s only medal in the event. Tejaswin, who also competed on Monday, retired after failing to clear 2.05m in his opening attempt as a precaution ahead of the decathlon beginning later this week. Adarsh Ram finished fifth with 2.15m.

Lifters continue dominant run

Weightlifting continued to be India’s richest source of medals as 21-year-old Valluri Ajaya Babu clinched silver in the men’s 79kg category after a gripping duel with Malaysia’s Erry Hidayat Muhammad.

The Andhra Pradesh lifter totalled 330kg (149kg snatch and 181kg clean and jerk), narrowly missing the gold by a kilogram after Hidayat finished with a Games record total of 331kg (147kg and 184kg). The duo repeatedly rewrote the Games records during an enthralling clean and jerk contest before the Malaysian sealed victory with his final lift.

Ajaya Babu’s silver took India’s weightlifting tally to six medals at the Games.

India had already enjoyed a productive day on Monday with Gyaneshwari Yadav winning silver in the women’s 53kg event and Bindyarani Devi adding a bronze in the 58kg class.

Gyaneshwari produced career-best lifts to total 199kg (88kg and 111kg), finishing behind Nigeria’s Onome Omolola Didih, who rewrote the Commonwealth and Commonwealth Games records with a total of 206kg.

Bindyarani fought hard but had to settle for bronze after finishing with 199kg (87kg and 112kg), while Nigeria’s Rafiatu Folashade Lawal stormed to a record-breaking gold.

Boxers inch closer to medals

The Indian boxers also kept themselves firmly in medal contention with Sachin Siwach, Ankush and Sakshi Chaudhary advancing to the quarterfinals of their respective categories.

Former world youth champion Sachin defeated England’s William Hewitt 4-1 in the men’s 60kg division and will next meet Botswana’s Treasure Moremi for a place in the semifinals.

Ankush outclassed Jan Zalaan of Antigua and Barbuda 5-0 in the men’s 80kg category to set up a quarterfinal against Seychelles’ Jade Micock, while former world youth and junior champion Sakshi registered a unanimous 5-0 win over Botswana’s Lethabo Modukanele in the women’s 51kg event and will face Northern Ireland’s Caitlin Fryers next.

However, Sumit bowed out after losing a closely-fought men’s 70kg round of 16 contest 1-4 on split decision to Northern Ireland’s Jon McConnell.

Fastest man Gurindervir disappoints

In athletics earlier in the day, national record holder Gurindervir Singh endured a disappointing outing after crashing out of the men’s 100m heats.

The 25-year-old, who came into the Games with a personal best of 10.09 seconds and hopes of becoming the first Indian to break the 10-second barrier, clocked 10.39 seconds to finish 28th overall and miss the semifinals.

Meanwhile, national record holder Tejas Shirse became the first Indian to qualify for the men’s 110m hurdles final at the Games but finished last in the medal race after sustaining an injury.

The 24-year-old Shirse finished third in Heat 1 with a time of 13.76 seconds and made it to the final at sixth place overall.

However, in the final later in the evening, an injured Shirse could only manage 15.39 seconds to finish eighth and last. His national record stands at 13.27 seconds.

“In the warm up, I suffered a Navicular stress fracture in my left leg. I didn’t want to pull out so I told my physio to tape it," Shirse told PTI after the race.

“I am the first Indian to qualify for the 110m hurdles final in the CWG, so I didn’t want to let the whole nation down (by pulling out)," he added.

No success in pool

There was little joy in the pool as two-time Olympian Sajan Prakash and Aryan Nehra both finished eighth in their respective finals.

Prakash clocked 1:58.05 in the men’s 200m butterfly final, while Nehra returned a time of 8:07.26 in the men’s 800m freestyle final.

In para swimming, Swatik Patil finished fifth in the men’s 100m breaststroke SB9 event with a timing of 1:15.82.

ગ્લાસગોમાં ચાલી રહેલી કોમનવેલ્થ ગેમ્સમાં વેઇટલિફ્ટર અજય બાબુ ભારત માટે સિલ્વર મેડલ લાવ્યા છે. અજય બાબુએ પુરુષોની 79 કિગ્રા કેટેગરીમાં આ સિદ્ધિ હાંસલ કરી છે. 22 વર્ષીય વેઇટલિફ્ટરે કુલ 330 કિગ્રા વજન ઉપાડ્યું, જેમાં સ્નેચ રાઉન્ડમાં 149 કિગ્રા અને ક્લીન એન્ડ જર્કમાં 181 કિગ્રા વજન ઉપાડ્યું. ગ્લાસગોમાં ભારતને સિલ્વર મેડલ અપાવનાર અજય બાબુને વેઇટલિફ્ટિંગ વારસામાં મળ્યું છે. સરળ શબ્દોમાં કહીએ તો, આ રમત તેમના લોહીમાં છે.

અજય બાબુએ વેઇટલિફ્ટિંગમાં કર્યો કમાલ

અજય બાબુ વાલુરીનો જન્મ 22 નવેમ્બર 2004 ના રોજ આંધ્રપ્રદેશના વિજયનગરમ જિલ્લાના કોંડાવેલાગડા ગામમાં થયો હતો.આ એ જ ગામ છે જેણે 33 વેઇટલિફ્ટર્સ ઉત્પન્ન કર્યા છે, જેમાંથી 22 રાષ્ટ્રીય સ્તરે અને 13 આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય સ્તરે પોતાની છાપ છોડી છે. આંધ્રપ્રદેશનો ઉત્તરીય પ્રદેશ, જ્યાં તે રહે છે, તે વેઇટલિફ્ટર્સની ખાણ તરીકે ઓળખાય છે.તે વિસ્તારના ગામડાઓ, જેમ કે ગોડાલમ, કોંડાવેલાગડા અને અમાદલાવલસાએ અસંખ્ય રાષ્ટ્રીય અને આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય વેઇટલિફ્ટર્સ ઉત્પન્ન કર્યા છે.

અજય બાબુએ બ્રોન્ઝ મેડલ જીત્યો

અજય બાબુ વાલુરીનો પરિવાર પહેલેથી જ વેઇટલિફ્ટિંગમાં ડૂબેલો છે. તેમના પિતા, વાલુરી શ્રીનિવાસ રાવ, પોતે એક આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય વેઇટલિફ્ટર છે. 2015 માં, તેમને તેમના પિતા દ્વારા વેઇટલિફ્ટિંગના પ્રથમ પાઠ શીખવવામાં આવ્યા હતા. વાલુરી શ્રીનિવાસ રાવે 2010 કોમનવેલ્થ ગેમ્સમાં ભારત માટે બ્રોન્ઝ મેડલ જીત્યો હતો. 2026 કોમનવેલ્થ ગેમ્સમાં, અજય બાબુ વાલુરીએ તેમના પિતાના બ્રોન્ઝ મેડલને સિલ્વરમાં રૂપાંતરિત કર્યો છે.

2023માં તેમને સફળતા મળી હતી

અજય બાબુની કારકિર્દીની વાત કરીએ તો,2023માં ખેલો ઇન્ડિયા ગેમ્સમાં તેમને સફળતા મળી,જ્યાં તેમણે રાષ્ટ્રીય રેકોર્ડ સાથે તેમના વજન વર્ગમાં ગોલ્ડ મેડલ જીત્યો.તેમના પ્રદર્શનથી તેમને ભારતીય ટીમમાં સ્થાન મળ્યું,અને પછી તેમણે આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય ઇવેન્ટ્સમાં ભાગ લેવાનું શરૂ કર્યું.2024 માં, તેમણે કોમનવેલ્થ વેઇટલિફ્ટિંગ ચેમ્પિયનશિપના જુનિયર અને સિનિયર સ્તરે ગોલ્ડ મેડલ જીતીને પોતાની મોટી સફળતા મેળવી. તે જ વર્ષે, તેમણે એશિયન યુથ અને જુનિયર વેઇટલિફ્ટિંગ ચેમ્પિયનશિપમાં સિલ્વર મેડલ જીત્યા.

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The 2026 Commonwealth Games are officially happening right now. The event started on July 23 and will run until August 2. Glasgow is hosting the Games this time. This marks the fourth time Scotland has welcomed the event. Edinburgh hosted twice before, in 1970 and 1986. Glasgow itself also held the Games back in 2014.

This year’s edition feels a bit different for a couple of reasons. It is the first Games since Queen Elizabeth II passed away. That means King Charles III is now the Head of the Commonwealth. It is also the first edition under the new president of the Commonwealth Games Federation. His name is Donald Rukare.

Originally, Victoria in Australia won the bid back in April 2022. But the Victorian government suddenly canceled their plans in July 2023. The reason was simple. The costs were climbing way too high. The city of Gold Coast in Australia briefly offered to step in as a co-host. Some even suggested calling them off completely. Then the Scottish Government officially agreed to host. They also received financial backing from Commonwealth Games Australia.

India Commonwealth Games 2026 Medal Tally

The 2026 Commonwealth Games are underway in Glasgow, Scotland. India has already started adding medals to their tally.

As of now, India has won a total of 10 medals. The breakdown is two gold, five silver, and three bronze. Weightlifting has been the biggest contributor by far. The weightlifters have brought home one gold, four silver, and one bronze. Para athletics has also performed well with one gold and one bronze. Para powerlifting has added one bronze medal. Athletics, which includes track and field events, has one silver medal so far.

No.	Athlete	Event	Sport	Medal
1	Jhandu Kumar	Men’s heavyweight	Para powerlifting	Bronze
2	Rishikanta Singh	Men’s 60kg	Weightlifting	Silver
3	Mirabai Chanu	Women’s 48kg	Weightlifting	Gold
4	Muthupandi Raja	Men’s 65kg	Weightlifting	Silver
5	Gyaneshwari Yadav	Women’s 53kg	Weightlifting	Silver
6	Bindyarani Devi	Women’s 58kg	Weightlifting	Bronze
7	Sharmila Dhankar	Women’s shot put F57	Para athletics	Gold
8	Sarvesh Kushare	Men’s high jump	Athetics	Silver
9	Shilpa K Shyla	Women’s shot put F57	Para athletics	Bronze
10	Valluri Ajaya Babu	Men’s 79kg	Weightlifting	Silver

Mirabai Chanu won the gold medal in the women’s 48kg weightlifting event. She is a well-known name in Indian sports. Sharmila Dhankar also won a gold medal in the women’s shot put F57 event in para athletics. Several athletes have won silver medals. Rishikanta Singh secured silver in the men’s 60kg weightlifting. Muthupandi Raja won silver in the men’s 65kg weightlifting. Gyaneshwari Yadav got silver in the women’s 53kg weightlifting. Valluri Ajaya Babu won silver in the men’s 79kg weightlifting. Sarvesh Kushare earned a silver medal in the men’s high jump athletics event.

The Indian athletics squad has 32 members in Scotland. It is led by Neeraj Chopra, the star javelin thrower. He won the gold medal at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. He had to skip the Birmingham 2022 edition because of an injury. He will be eager to regain his title this time. Other athletes include Animesh Kujur, Murali Sreeshankar, Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Parul Chaudhary, and Gulveer Singh. The athletics events are still ongoing, so more medals could be added.

How India Has Performed at the Commonwealth Games

India has a long and proud history at the Commonwealth Games. This is their 19th appearance. Their first participation was back in 1934. Over 18 previous appearances, India has won a total of 564 medals. That makes them the fourth most successful nation in the history of the Games. Only Australia, England, and Canada have won more medals than India.

India’s best performance came at the New Delhi 2010 Games. India was the host that year. They won a massive 101 medals. That included 39 gold, 26 silver, and 36 bronze. They finished second in the overall standings. That remains their highest position ever. It is also the only time India crossed the 100 medal mark.

At the Birmingham 2022 Games, India finished fourth with 61 medals. The tally was 22 gold, 16 silver, and 23 bronze. However, the Glasgow 2026 programme is much smaller. Nine sports have been dropped compared to Birmingham. These include wrestling, badminton, table tennis, and hockey. These sports had contributed 25 medals to India’s total at Birmingham.

FAQs

Q. When are the 2026 Commonwealth Games being held?

A. The Games are being held from July 23 to August 2, 2026.

Q. Where are the 2026 Commonwealth Games taking place?

A. The 2026 Commonwealth Games are being held in Glasgow, Scotland.

Q. How many medals has India won so far?

A. India has won 10 medals so far, including 2 gold, 5 silver, and 3 bronze.

Q. Which sport has won the most medals for India?

A. Weightlifting has won the most medals for India so far.

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