Neeraj Chopra was scheduled to compete in Ostrava’s Golden Spike event on May 28, however the organisers have issued a statement confirming that the Indian javelin throw champion would not attend.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra has stated that he is not hurt. The decision to pull out of the Ostrava Golden Spike competition in the Czech Republic on May 28 is purely precautionary.
He claimed that during a training session, he felt “something” in his adductors. To avoid injury in an Olympic year, he has decided to forego the famous event.
The javelin throw champion was set to compete in the Czech Republic this week, but has now withdrawn. Neeraj Chopra was set to compete in Ostrava’s Golden Spike meet on May 28.
The promoters had already announced that the Indian javelin throw champion would not be competing in the event owing to an injury.
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“The organisers took note of a message from Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra.” He will be unable to throw in Ostrava because to an adductor muscle injury received in training two weeks ago,” according to the statement.
“He will arrive at the event as a guest,” it stated.
Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the men’s javelin final in Bhubaneshwar’s Kalinga Stadium with an impressive throw of 82.27 metres. He stopped after four tosses at the Stadium on Wednesday, May 15. The throw was significantly less than his personal best of 88.94m set during the Stockholm Diamond League in 2022.
“Don’t talk about the toss; it wasn’t up to par. “This is not one of my consistent performances,” Neeraj stated after the event.
“It was amazing to compete in India after such a long period. I wanted to play in India, therefore I performed according on the environment and how my body felt. I have a few important competitions coming up. “I thought DP Manu would take over, but his javelin kept landing quickly,” Neeraj explained.
Last year, Neeraj suffered a series of injuries and struggled with a variety of challenges. Neeraj pulled out of the FBK Games in Hengelo in May of last year due to a muscle ailment acquired during training.
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