# CWG gold just the trailer, says Sharmila Dhankar, eyes Asiad, Paralympics 2026-08-07T22:51:33+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet India's Sharmila Dhankar won the women's shot put F57 gold at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with a season-best throw of 9.81m. Ghana's Zinabu Issah took silver (8.65m), Nigeria's Eucharia Iyiazi bronze (8.19m), and fellow Indian Shilpa K Shyla finished fourth. Dhankar, 40, called the gold "just a trailer" and said her next targets are the Asian Games and then an Olympic gold. She credited her mother and the government for support and said she was unaware she was India's first para-athletics gold medallist at the CWG. She also recalled being Haryana's first female conductor. ## Coverage - thehindu.com Tags: Commonwealth Games 2026, India, para-athletics, Sharmila Dhankar, shot put Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/cwg-gold-just-the-trailer-says-sharmila-dhankar-eyes-asiad-paralympics/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/cwg-gold-just-the-trailer-says-sharmila-dhankar-eyes-asiad-paralympics/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.