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Rana produced a throw of 13.40m to win the gold medal, while Juyal registered a distance of 13.28m to finish second and claim silver.
Soman Rana wins gold in shotput F57. (Picture Credit: X/@rajnathsingh)
Soman Rana and Shubham Juyal helped India script history on Saturday (August 1) by winning gold and silver medals, respectively, in the men’s shot put F57 event. Rana produced a throw of 13.40m to win the gold medal, while Juyal registered a distance of 13.28m to finish second and claim silver.
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Soman’s gold medal is India’s third gold in para-athletics at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2026.
Apart from them triple jumpers Praveen Chitravel and Selva Prabhu Thirumaran bagged silver and bronze respectively for India.
hitravel set the tone for the day with an excellent effort in the men’s triple jump.
Asian Games bronze medallist Chitravel bettered the effort in Glasgow with a silver, which he fetched covering a distance of 16.58m.
Compatriot Selva Prabhu was just behind at 16.52m for a bronze — his first medal of note in international competitions.
Jamaica’s Jordan Scott won the gold medal in the event with a 16.72m jump.
Earlier, India’s Ramesh Shanmugam ended up seventh, clocking a time of 3:23.59 in the men’s T54 1500m final in the para athletics segment.
Disappointment continued in the women’s 10000m race walk event as well after Priyanka Goswami ended up at seventh despite clocking a season’s best 45:53.93.
The other Indian in the fray, Ravina was disqualified.
Navneet Singh and Dinseh Kumar lose to England in lawn bowls
The Indian duo of Navneet Singh and Dinseh Kumar’s dominant run at the Commonwealth Games lawn bowls competition came to an end as they lost in tie-break to England’s Nick Brett and Jamie Walker in the men’s pairs sectional play on Saturday.
England won the opening set 4-3 while the Indians took the second set 4-2, forcing the match Section B, Round 5 match into tie-breaker where the combo of Dinesh and Navneet went down 0-1, the result halting their excellent run in the sporting extravaganza.
The Indian men’s pairs duo put on a dominant display in Section B, securing four consecutive victories to position themselves on the brink of knockout stage qualification.
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