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Family sources have informed that Neeraj has left for Germany and may not return to India for at least one month. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) sources have also confirmed the same. read more
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India's Neeraj Chopra recently won javelin throw silver at Paris Olympics. Reuters
Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra’s homecoming from the 2024 Paris Olympics will be delayed, after the 26 year-old left for Germany for medical consultation regarding a possible surgery. This is with regards to the Paris Olympics silver medallist’s participation in the upcoming Diamond League meets.
According to news agency PTI, family sources have informed that Neeraj has left for Germany and may not return to India for at least one month. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) sources have also confirmed the same.
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”Chopra has left for Germany and he will not return to India for another month and a half,” a family source told PTI.
”I am not aware of the much of the details, but for sure he will consult a doctor there (Germany),” he added.
After winning at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland in June, Chopra had said that he would consult doctors after the Paris Olympics to deal with his injury. He had won the World Championships in 2023 while carrying the groin injury. Before the Paris Olympics this year, he took a break of more than one month due to adductor muscle niggle.
The 26-year-old Chopra had earlier also consulted a doctor in Germany regarding his injury. He also had a short training stint in Saarbrucken in Germany last month before the Olympics.
During the Paris Olympics, Chopra had expressed his desire to play in the Diamond League Final to be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 14 September. For that to happen, he will have to play at least one DL Meeting — either in Lausanne on 22 August or in Zurich on 5 September.
”His team (of coach and physio) will decide whether he will play in the DL Meetings (and the DL Final), according to his condition,” the family source said.
Chopra has played in just one Diamond League Meeting — on 10 May in Doha where he had finished second to reigning DL trophy winner Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic. Chopra, who had won the DL Trophy in 2022, is currently at joint fourth position with seven points in the DL Final points standings.
The top six finishers in the DL Meetings series will compete in the DL Final. If he misses both Lausanne and Zurich, Chopra might miss the top-six spot.
After winning a silver in the Olympics with a season’s best throw of 89.45m, Chopra had hinted that he would have to undergo surgery on his groin injury, which has been troubling him for the last couple of years.
Chopra had revealed that when he was throwing, 60-70 per cent focus was on his injury. He said his doctor had told him to undergo surgery before the World Championships last year but he did not do so in view of the Paris Olympics.
With PTI inputs
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