India scripted a historic 1-2 finish in para-athletics on Wednesday in Glasgow as Dilip Mahadu Gavit clinched the nation's third gold medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, winning the men's 100m T47 final in a Games Record time of 10.71 seconds. Fellow Indian Mohammed Basil Morssinganakth settled for silver.
For much of the race, Morssinganakth and England's Kevin Santos appeared locked in a battle for gold, but Gavit, running in the outside lane, produced a blistering finish over the final 30 metres to storm past both and rewrite the Games record. Morssinganakth crossed the line in 10.83 seconds, edging Santos by just 0.02 seconds for silver.
Murali Sreeshankar, meanwhile, etched his name into Commonwealth Games history by becoming India's first double medallist in men's long jump. Having won silver in Birmingham in 2022 with a leap of 8.08m, the Kerala athlete bettered that mark by a solitary centimetre to claim another silver in Glasgow with 8.09m.
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Before Sreeshankar, India's only medallists in the event were Suresh Babu (men's bronze, 1978), Anju Bobby George (women's bronze, 2002) and M. Prajusha (women's silver, 2010).
{{/usCountry}}Before Sreeshankar, India's only medallists in the event were Suresh Babu (men's bronze, 1978), Anju Bobby George (women's bronze, 2002) and M. Prajusha (women's silver, 2010).
{{/usCountry}}The medal carried added significance for Sreeshankar. In April 2024, he suffered a ruptured patellar tendon that required surgery, forcing him to miss what would have been his maiden Olympic appearance in Paris. The injury had raised doubts over whether he would ever return to his explosive best.
Sreeshankar announced his intent early in the competition with an 8.09m jump on his second attempt, briefly moving into the lead before former world champion Tajay Gayle of Jamaica responded with the winning leap of 8.15m.
Scotland's Stephen Mackenzie, who had opened with 8.08m, looked set to overtake both Gayle and Sreeshankar with a huge fifth-round effort, only for the jump—estimated to be well beyond 8.20m—to be ruled a foul by the narrowest of margins. His final jump of 8.06m earned him bronze.
The other Indian in the field, Lokesh Sathyanathan, finished fifth with a best effort of 7.97m, achieved on his opening attempt.
India came agonisingly close to adding a fourth medal late in the day, with Manpreet Kaur narrowly missing out on the podium in the women's shot put final. The Indian held the bronze-medal position with her best throw of 17.49m, only for Jamaica's Lloydricia Cameron to produce a 17.87m effort on her final attempt and push her down to fourth. Manpreet had one throw left to respond, but it ended in a foul.
The three medals on Day 7 in Glasgow took India's overall tally to 15 medals — three gold, nine silver and three bronze — lifting the country to eighth in the standings. That tally, however, does not include the six boxing medals India has already guaranteed after a flawless day in the ring. With six wins on Wednesday, the number of Indian boxers in the semifinals rose to 10, ensuring the contingent has already surpassed India's entire boxing haul from the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, where it won seven medals (three gold, one silver and three bronze).
Earlier in athletics, Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Samardeep Singh Gill kept India's medal hopes alive by qualifying for the men's shot put final. National record holder Toor needed two attempts to clear the automatic qualification mark of 20m, improving from 19.93m on his opening throw to 20.14m on his second. In Group B, Gill's best effort of 19.95m, achieved with his opening attempt, was enough to book his place in the final.
India also had reason to celebrate on the track as national record holder Animesh Kujur clocked his season's best to qualify for the men's 200m semifinals.
The 23-year-old won Heat 4 in 20.46 seconds, finishing seventh overall. The 16 fastest athletes across the 10 heats progressed to Thursday's semifinals.