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Commonwealth Games 2026: Gavit strikes gold, Basil bags silver
Updated On: 31 July, 2026 09:01 AM IST | Glasgow | PTI
The 40-year-old Sharmila, who was afflicted with polio at two years of age, survived the trauma of an abusive marriage to come this far.

Dilip Mahadu Gavit (left) and Mohammed Basil after winning gold and silver medals respectively in Glasgow on Wednesday. Pic/PTI
India’s para-athletes remained an inspiring and unstoppable force at the Commonwealth Games as sprinters Dilip Mahadu Gavit and Mohammed Basil scripted another story of grit with a gold-silver finish in the men’s 100m T47 final here.
Gavit clocked a Games record and his season’s best time of 10.71 seconds to take the top spot, while Basil produced his season’s best of 10.83 seconds to finish second on Wednesday.
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