After winning the Diamond League 2022 finals in Eugene in September of last year. Neeraj Chopra sustained an injury that kept him out of major competitions for nearly eight months.
Neeraj Chopra, a world-class athlete from India. Has withdrawn from the Paavo Nurmi Games 2023, which are scheduled for June 13 in Finland.
Paavo Nurmi Games is a Finnish sports meet held yearly in Turku beginning around 1957. The event is part of the World Athletics Continental Tour and is Gold. Neeraj Chopra had set a national record with a throw of 89.30 meters. When he won a silver medal at the Finland meet last year.
Due to an injury, Neeraj also missed the 2022 season. Due to a muscle strain he suffered during training last month. Neeraj had previously made the announcement that he would not compete in the FBK Games in the Netherlands.
After winning the Diamond League 2022 finals in Eugene in September of last year. The javelin star suffered an injury that kept him out of major competitions for nearly eight months.
Neeraj won his comeback from the injury on May 5 at the Doha Diamond League, placing first with a throw of 88.67 meters at the Qatar Sports Club.
The 25-year-old athlete will also skip the 2023 National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships in addition to the FBK Games and Paavo Nurmi Games.
His next planned competition is at the Brilliant Spike Ostrava in the Czech Republic on June 27.
Additionally, he is anticipated to compete at the Asian Games in September and the World Athletics Championships in August.
In addition to Neeraj Chopra, German former world champion Johannes Vetter has decided to withdraw from the meet.
The two opponents, who last got down to business at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Were supposed to recharge their competition at the Finnish meet.
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