Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has left for Germany after winning a silver medal in the Paris Games to take medical advice regarding a possible surgery and to decide whether to feature in the upcoming Diamond League meetings, according to sources. (Medal Table | Full Coverage | More Sports News)
A family source told PTI that he has left for Germany and is unlikely to return to India for at least one month. In Paris, Indian Olympic Association sources also confirmed 🎃that Chopra has left for Germany.
"Chꦜopra 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 det𒅌ails, 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. Befor༺e the Paris Olympic𝓀s 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 Germ𓆉any last month befo🐬re the Olympics.
During the Paris Olympics, Ch𒊎opra had expressed his desire to play in the Diamond League Final to be held in Brussels, Belgium, on September 14. For that to happen, he will have to play at least one DL Meeting -- either in Lausanne on August 22 or in Zurich on Se🦹ptember 5.
"His team (of coach anꦺd physio) will decide whether he will play in the DL Meetings (and the DL Final), according to his condition," the family s💛ource said.
Chopra has played in just🐻 one Diamond League Meeting -- on May 10 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 compete꧑ 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 haveꩵ to undergo surgery on his groin injury, which has been tro🍒ubling him for the last couple of years.
Chopra had revealed that when he was throwing, 60-70 per cent focus wa🥀s 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.
