India’s Olympics Gold medal winner Neeraj Chopra will miss the Commonwealth Games 2022 being held in Birmingham this year, news agency ANI has reported citing Rajeev Mehta, Secretary General, IOA on 26 July.
Speaking to ANI, Mehta said Neeraj Chopra is not fit as he got injured in the finals of World Athletic Championship.
“Neeraj Chopra will not take part in Commonwealth Games 2022. He is not fit as he got injured in the finals of World Athletic Championship. He informed us about this,” Rajeev Mehta told ANI.
Earlier, Chopra won the second position at the World Athletics Championships, finishing with a historic silver in the men’s javelin final with a 88.13m throw.
After winning the silver medal, he had mentioned, “I thought even the fourth throw could have gone farther. After that, I felt something on my thigh and could not do my best in next two. I had strapping (on thigh). I will know the status tomorrow morning because my body is still warm after the event. I hope there should not be any issue for the upcoming events, Commonwealth Games.”
Chopra had won Indian athletics’ maiden gold in the Tokyo Olympics last year. He is only the second Indian to have won an individual gold in the Olympics, after shooter Abhinav Bindra, who clinched the yellow metal in 2008 Beijing Games.
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