India enjoyed its best day so far at the Commonwealth Games 2026, winning six medals on Day 5, led by Sharmila Dhankar’s historic gold in the women’s shot put F57, while Gyaneshwari Yadav, Sarvesh Kushare and Valluri Ajaya Babu claimed silver medals, and Bindyarani Devi and Shilpa K. Shyla added bronze as the country’s medal tally reached 10. The standout moment of the day came in para athletics, where Sharmila Dhankar produced a season-best throw of 9.81 metres to clinch gold in the women’s shot put F57 event, becoming India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games gold medallist in para athletics, according to ESPN.

The celebrations doubled for India after Shilpa K. Shyla was upgraded from fourth place to bronze following the disqualification of Nigeria’s Eucharia Iyiazi, giving India its first double podium finish of the Glasgow Games. Ghana’s Zinabu Issah claimed silver with a best effort of 8.65m.

Indian athletics added another medal through national record holder Sarvesh Kushare, who scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win a silver medal in the men’s high jump at the Commonwealth Games.

Kushare cleared 2.25m before narrowly missing out on gold on countback to Jamaica’s Romaine Beckford, who also cleared the same height but enjoyed a cleaner series. England’s Kimani Jack settled for bronze with 2.20m.

Weightlifting once again proved India’s strongest discipline, delivering three more medals to take the country’s tally in the sport to six.

Gyaneshwari Yadav opened India’s account for the day by winning silver in the women’s 53kg category on her Commonwealth Games debut. The 23-year-old, who moved up from the 49kg division to accommodate Olympic champion Mirabai Chanu, lifted a personal-best total of 199kg (88kg in snatch and 111kg in clean and jerk). She completed all six of her attempts successfully and briefly held the Commonwealth Games clean and jerk record before Nigeria’s Onome Omolola Didih surpassed it en route to gold with a Games-record total of 206kg.