Dilip Gavit’s coach adopted him with nothing. He repaid it with gold at CWG

6 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 30, 2026 09:27 PM IST When Dilip Gavit produced the last dash to win gold in the men's 100m T47, his childhood coach Vaijnath Kale, watching from the stands, remembered the years of struggle behind it. (Special Arrangement and PTI) When Dilip Gavit produced the last dash to win gold in the men’s 100m T47, a burst over the final 30 metres to cross in 10.71 seconds, his childhood coach Vaijnath Kale, watching from the stands, remembered the years of struggle behind it. Coach and athlete embraced; emotions took over. Two months before the Commonwealth Games, Gavit was not even certain he would compete in Glasgow. His actual event, the 400m T47, was not on the programme. At the insistence of a Paralympic Committee of India official, he switched to the 100m, a di