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Neeraj Chopra injured just months ahead of Olympics, pulls out of Ostrava meet
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India’s top medal hope in the Paris Olympics 2024, Neeraj Chopra, has been injured just months ahead of the competition. Chopra, who recently competed in th Federation Cup in India has picked up an adductor muscle injury. Chopra, who was expected to compete in Czech Republic this week has been forced to pull out of the competition.
Neeraj Chopra was expected to compete in Ostrava’s Golden Spike meet in May 28, but the organisers were forced to issue a statement.
“The organizers did note a message from the Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra. Due to an injury that he sustained in training two weeks ago (adductor muscle) he will not be able to throw in Ostrava,” the statement read.
“He will arrive at the event as a guest,” it further added.
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NEERAJ CHOPRA IN FEDERATION CUP 2024
Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the men’s javelin final in Bhubaneshwar with a best effort of 82.27m. The Olympic champion stopped after four throws at Kalinga Stadium on Wednesday, May 15. The throw was much below his personal best of 88.94m which his achieved in the Stockholm Diamond League back in 2022.
“Let’s not talk about the throw, it was not up to it. This one is not one of my consistent performances,” Neeraj had said after the event
“It felt great to compete in India after a long time. I wanted to play in India and I performed according to the conditions, and the way my body was feeling. I have some big competitions coming up. I thought DP Manu would take over but his javelin kept landing quickly,” Neeraj added.
Neeraj had an injury spree in 2023 where he struggled with multiple issues. Back in May last year, Neeraj had sustained a muscle strain during training and had decided to withdraw from the FBK Games in Hengelo.
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