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Sabrina Fortune is hoping to compete at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after smashing her own shot put world record at the World Para Athletics Championships.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 28-year-old from Wrexham competes in the F20 category for athletes with intellectual impairments and has dominated her event since taking gold at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.<\/p>\n
Fortune claimed a fourth consecutive world title<\/a> with a new world record throw of 16.75m in New Delhi – bettering her own previous mark of 15.75m.<\/p>\n With the Los Angeles Paralympics not taking place until 2028, Fortune believes her progress could allow her to compete for Wales against non-disability athletes in Glasgow.<\/p>\n “I want [to throw] 17.07m for mainstream Commonwealths, that’s really my next goal,” she told BBC Radio 5 Live.<\/a><\/p>\n “My event’s not in the Commonwealths cycle so I’m chasing the mainstream instead.”<\/p>\n Welsh Athletics’ B standard women’s shot put qualifying distance to be considered for selection for the next Commonwealth Games is a throw longer than 17.07m, while the A standard – the mark that would trigger automatic selection – is 18.24m.<\/p>\n In the meantime, Fortune can enjoy her success, having praised the organisation of this World Para Athletics Championships while dealing with the high temperatures of India. <\/p>\n “Everything has been put on so, so well but it’s definitely a lot hotter here though,” she added.<\/p>\n “That’s the one that we’re all struggling with, it’s just the heat of it. Compared to what we have in the UK it’s quite different, very humid.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n