India, July 28 -- India's Shilpa K Shyla experienced a dramatic turnaround at the Commonwealth Games 2026 after initially finishing outside the medals in the women's shot put F57 final, only to be upgraded to bronze following a successful protest by the Indian contingent.

Shilpa registered a personal-best throw of 7.26m in Glasgow and was sitting in the medal positions before Nigeria's Eucharia Iyiazi entered the equation. Iyiazi, the defending Commonwealth Games champion and a multiple Paralympic medallist, produced an 8.19m effort that was initially declared valid. That mark moved Iyiazi into third place and pushed Shilpa down to fourth, apparently ending the Indian's hopes of securing a medal on her Commonwealth Games debut.

However,...