Athletics
Athletes on The Medalist Index in athletics — briefed for readers who care how Asia shapes the global game.
Dilip Mahadu Gavit
India
India’s first male Commonwealth Games para athletics gold medallist — Nashik T47 sprinter who closed Glasgow in 10.71 s with a Games record.
Murali Sreeshankar
India
Two-time Commonwealth Games long-jump silver medallist — Kerala’s 8.41 m jumper who came back from a ruptured patellar tendon to podium again in Glasgow.
Neeraj Chopra
India
Olympic and world javelin champion — India’s track-and-field face, back at Commonwealth Games Glasgow after injury rehab.
Sarvesh Kushare
India
Indian high-jump national record holder — first Indian man into a Worlds final, Commonwealth silver in Glasgow on countback.
Sharmila Dhankar
India
India’s first Commonwealth Games para athletics gold medallist — a seated F57 shot putter who started at 34 in Rewari.