India's Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra was ruled out of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with injury.
LONDON - India's Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra was ruled out of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with injury on Tuesday, two days ahead of the opening ceremony.
The Indian Olympic Association did not say what the injury was but after coming second behind Grenada's Anderson Peters he complained about"discomfort" in his thigh."Chopra had called me earlier today from the US to convey his inability to take part in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games owing to fitness concerns," Indian Olympic Association secretary general Rajeev Mehta said in a statement.
Chopra made history for his country when he won the javelin at last summer's Tokyo Games, becoming India's first Olympic athletics gold medallist. "Neeraj has said that since he is not 100 percent fit to compete at the Commonwealth Games, he would not be the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent at the athletes' parade in the opening ceremony," Sumariwalla said in a statement.
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