Record‑breaker Nwachukwu and home hero Woods star at Glasgow 2026

Nigerian thrower Goodness Nwachukwu defended her gold with a world record*, while wheelchair racer Melanie Woods thrilled the home crowd by winning three races – including a rerun – to put Scotland on top of the podium twice in Para athletics as the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games concluded on Sunday (2 August).

England topped the Para athletics medals table with four golds, followed by India and Scotland with three each. Wales (two), Australia, Canada, Malaysia and Nigeria also celebrated victories in Glasgow.

Nwachukwu delivered a sensational performance in the women’s discus F42–44/61–64 on 29 July, breaking her own F42 world record* with a final throw of 39.66m. Four years ago in Birmingham, she had set a world record en route to discus gold and this time raised standards even higher at Glasgow 2026. 

The 27-year-old led from the start, followed by Welsh throwers Funmi Oduwaiye (F44), who finished second with 38.52m, and Bree Cronin (F44), third with 36.00m.

"I feel like I am on top of the world. I feel so great. I feel so wow, I was like, 'Ah, what' and I started shouting," Nwachukwu said.

Wonderful Woods

Woods had to dig deep before finally securing her first gold medal after the rerun of the women’s 1500m T54 on 31 July. She returned the following day to claim a second triumph in the women’s 400m T54.

She had crossed the line first in the original 1500m race, but appeals over a first-lap crash involving Noemi Alphonse of Mauritius and Eliza Ault-Connell of Australia led to the race being rescheduled two days later, without Canada’s Nandini Sharma, who was disqualified after initially finishing second.

Woods put aside all the background noise in the rerun, starting strongly and taking the lead after 100 metres at EDF Scotstoun Stadium. She was never headed, winning in 3: 32.20, with Alphonse second and Ault-Connell third – Mauritius’ first Commonwealth Games Para sport medal.

“It’s been a bit of a roller-coaster,” Woods said of the previous 40 hours. “But ultimately when the decision was made it was about parking what had happened, focusing on what was ahead of us, looking to the race fresh and going out there and doing it all again.

“I had to take the confidence that I had going into the first race, leading it out, staying out of trouble, and knowing that I'd be strong enough at the end - or hoping that I'd be strong enough. Luckily, I was.”

Woods returned to the track little more than 90 minutes after her gold-medal race for the 400m T54 heats. It was enough to qualify and then claim a second gold, delighting Scottish fans and wrapping up the Para athletics programme.

“Being a double Commonwealth champion and being able to do it here will be something I remember for a long time. It's just been such a special week, such an emotional week, and I've really soaked all that in,” she said after the 400m win. 

"I feel like I was really looking at the crowds, looking at everyone who'd come out to support me, because there were so many people. So many people have sent messages and supported me this week. I'm just so grateful for all the support."

Woods was named the outstanding athlete of Glasgow 2026 and awarded the David Dixon Award at the Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony. The award recognises the athlete judged by her peers to have best combined sporting performance, fair play and contribution to their team.

Thoroughly deserved 👏

Melanie Woods wins this year's David Dixon Award recipient. pic.twitter.com/dyd1lEW2WG

— Glasgow 2026 (@Glasgow_2026) August 2, 2026

 

Alphonse claimed another silver for Mauritius, followed by Jessica Lewis, whose bronze was Bermuda’s first and only medal at Glasgow 2026. 

Glasgow 2026 included standalone events in the T20 class for intellectually impaired athletes for the first time. Scotland claimed the first of their three golds in the inaugural T20 event, the men’s 1500m, as Ben Sandilands won the race with teammate Steven Bryce taking bronze – Canada’s Michael Barber finished with silver.

“[All friends and family] were there. I couldn't really hear them because it was so loud, but I knew they were there supporting me,” said the reigning Paralympic champion and world record holder Sandilands.

Triple gold for India

Next Commonwealth Games hosts India had not won a Para athletics medal since 2006 and needed only one event to end that streak – claiming not only one, but two podium finishes. Sharmila took gold in the women’s shot put F57, with Shilpa Kanchugarakoppalu Shyla earning bronze.

India followed with a one-two finish in the men’s 100m T47, gold for Dilip Mahadu Gavit and silver for Mohammed Basil Morssinganakath, before Soman Rana won men’s shot put F57 gold on the final day, ahead of teammate Shubham Juyal. 

“We won the gold and silver medals for India. I’m very proud,” said Rana, bronze medallist at the New Delhi 2025 World Championships. “I'm looking forward to competing [at home] at the next Commonwealth Games.”

England’s field of international stars delivered right from day one (27 July). Sophie Hahn reclaimed the women’s 100m T38, adding to her Gold Coast 2018 gold and Birmingham 2022 silver. Thomas Young won the men’s 100m T38 in his Commonwealth debut.

Zachary Shaw upgraded his Birmingham silver to Glasgow gold in the men’s 100m T12, while Nathan Maguire defended his title, leading an English one-two in the men’s 1500m T54 with Daniel Sidbury.

Another defending champion, Aled Davies of Wales (F42), retained his title in the men’s discus F42-44/F61-64. Wales also celebrated gold through Olivia Breen in the women’s long jump T38 – her second Commonwealth triumph in the event after Gold Coast 2018 victory.

Australia had to wait until the final day at EDF Scotstoun Stadium to celebrate Para athletics gold. After finishing fourth in the women’s 100m T38, Rhiannon Clarke returned to win the women’s 200m T38, contributing to Australia’s haul of seven track and field golds –surpassing the nation’s previous best day of six set at Auckland 1950.

There was also a Canadian one-two in the women's 100m T47 final, with Sheriauna Haase taking gold and Chloe Dunbar silver, while New Zealand’s Anna Grimaldi claimed bronze.

Malaysian long jump T20 star Abdul Latif Romly also claimed gold in his Commonwealth Games debut. 

The rain brought good luck to the Malaysians at #Glasgow2026! 🇲🇾

A double podium in the Long Jump T20 with Abdul Latif Romly taking gold, while Eljoe Gotuch secured bronze ✨
Canada’s Noah Vucsics completes the podium with the silver medal 🇨🇦#ParaAthletics pic.twitter.com/oNSDB6p7jy

— Para Athletics (@ParaAthletics) July 29, 2026

 

Glasgow 2026 Para athletics results

Monday, 27 July 

Women’s Shot Put F57
Gold: Sharmila (India) 
Silver: Zinabu Issah (Ghana) 
Bronze: Shilpa Kanchugarakoppalu Shyla (India) 

Women’s 100m T38
Gold: Sophie Hahn (England) 
Silver: Olivia Breen (Wales) 
Bronze: Maddie Down (England) 

Men’s 1500m T20
Gold: Ben Sandilands (Scotland) 
Silver: Michael Barber (Canada) 
Bronze: Steven Bryce (Scotland) 

Men’s 100m T38
Gold: Thomas Young (England) 
Silver: Ullrich Muller (Australia) 
Bronze: Zachary Gingras (Canada) 

Tuesday, 28 July

Men's Long Jump T20
Gold: Abdul Latif Romly (Malaysia) 
Silver: Noah Vucsics (Canada) 
Bronze: Mas Eljoe Gotuoh (Malaysia) 

Wednesday, 29 July

Women's Discus Throw F42-44/61-64
Gold: Goodness Nwachukwu (Nigeria) 
Silver: Funmi Oduwaiye (Wales) 
Bronze: Bree Cronin (Wales) 

Men's Discus Throw F42-44/61-64
Gold: Aled Davies (Wales)  
Silver: Palitha Halgahawela (Sri Lanka) 
Bronze: Akeem Stewart (Trinidad and Tobago) 

Men's 100m T47 
Gold: Dilip Mahadu Gavit (India) 
Silver: Mohammed Basil Morssinganakath (India) 
Bronze: Kevin Santos (England) 

Thursday, 30 July

Women's 100m T47
Gold: Sheriauna Haase (Canada) 
Silver: Chloe Dunbar (Canada) 
Bronze: Anna Grimaldi (New Zealand) 

Men's 100m T12
Gold: Zachary Shaw (England) 
Silver: Masala Makatu (South Africa) 
Bronze: George Quarco (Canada) 

Friday, 31 July

Women's 1500m T54 
Gold: Melanie Woods (Scotland) 
Silver: Noemi Alphonse (Mauritius) 
Bronze: Eliza Ault-Connel (Australia) 

Women's Long Jump T38
Gold: Olivia Breen (Wales) 
Silver: Layla Sharp (Australia) 
Bronze: Ayla Kowalczyk (Australia) 

Saturday, 1 August 

Men’s Shot Put F57
Gold: Soman Rana (India) 
Silver: Shubham Juyal (India) 
Bronze: Cedric Idriss Lekezo Azamdzi (Cameroon)  

Men's 1500m T54
Gold: Nathan Maguire (England) 
Silver: Daniel Sidbury (England) 
Bronze: Sam Rizzo (Australia) 

Women's 200m T38
Gold: Rhiannon Clarke (Australia) 
Silver: Sophie Hahn (England) 
Bronze: Briseis Brittain (Australia) 

Women's 400m T54
Gold: Melanie Woods (Scotland) 
Silver: Noemi Alphonse (Mauritius) 
Bronze: Jessica Lewis (Bermuda) 

*World record to be ratified by World Para Athletics