Para Athletics, Women's Shot Put F57 Final: Shilpa Shyla registers a new personal best of 7.26m; currently leads the final

Shilpa Shyla showed a tremendous performance in the women's shot put F57 final, finishing her competition with a new personal best throw of 7.26m.

She started her competition with a 6.69m throw and then bettered it in her second attempt at 6.95m, before registering a new personal best of 7.26m on her third attempt.

She had throws of 6.91m, 7.09m and a foul on her final attempt and ended her competition with the best of 7.26m.

She is now at the top of the pack with three more athletes to go and just needs one of them to finish below her to confirm a medal.