CWG 2022: India's ace javelin thrower and Tokyo Olympics gold medal winner Neeraj Chopra will miss the Commonwealth Games 2022 being held in Birmingham. It is being reported that Neeraj is missing out on the quadrennial event because of a thigh injury that he sustained during World Athletics Championships 2022.
"He (Neeraj Chopra) is not fit as he got injured in the finals of World Athletics Championships. He informed us about this," Rajeev Mehta, IOA Secretary General, told ANI confirming the omission of India's star athlete from CWG 2022.
Neeraj Chopra was the current defending champion of the Commonwealth Games javelin throw event. He had won the gold in the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
The report comes just days ahead of the CWG 2022, and after Neeraj bagged a silver medal in the men’s Javelin throw event of the World Athletics Championship 2022 at Eugene, Oregon.
In his fourth attempt, the Indian javelin thrower managed to record a throw of 88.13m to become the only second Indian athlete to win a medal at World Athletics Championships. After the win, Chopra revealed that he felt some tightness on his thigh after his medal-winning fourth throw.
"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 the next two. I had strapping (on the 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," he had said post his historic win at the global event.