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Photo: IANS/Biplab BanerjeeShot-Putter Sharmila Dhankar Makes History with India’s First-Ever CWG Para-Athletics Gold
Glasgow: Sharmila Dhankar, a woman who was impaired by polio at the age of two and survived the trauma of an abusive marriage, became India’s first para-athlete to clinch a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, winning the women’s shot put F57 event here. The 40-year-old produced her season’s best throw of 9.81m to end…
