Neeraj Chopra feeling much better after ankle injury, aims to make strong comeback before LA 2028
Neeraj’s injury made his season short and he had to sit out both the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games and the Diamond League final. | Photo Credit: AP
Neeraj’s injury made his season short and he had to sit out both the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games and the Diamond League final. | Photo Credit: AP
Neeraj Chopra, the world champion javelin thrower and a two-time Olympic medallist, says his ankle is healing well and hopes to make a strong comeback next year.
Chopra, the gold medallist at the Tokyo Olympics and silver medallist at the 2024 Paris Games, was ruled out after hurting his ankle in training this August.
The setback cut his season short and he had to sit out both the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games and the Diamond League final.
“There is still some time left for the Olympics in 2028,” Chopra told reporters on the sidelines of an Audi event here.
“As you would know, I am on a comeback trail and I am feeling much better to a great extent with the ankle injury.”
“The focus now is to have a strong comeback next year and to bring out the performance which was held back,” he added.
Chopra praised the efforts of Yashvir Singh and Rohit Yadav, who returned from the Asian Games with the silver and bronze medals, respectively.
“Not only Yashvir but Rohit also performed very well,” Chopra said.
“If we talk about the last Asian Games, we brought two medals, a gold and a silver, and this time around even though Kishore (Jena) and I were not there, we have got two medals.”
“The emergence of our new and young athletes is a very good sign for India that there is no dearth of talent here and I wish them well for the future. I would tell them to look after themselves well and remain injury-free and enjoy the sport,” Chopra added
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