India at Commonwealth Games Day 8 Live: Neeraj Chopra in action today | Sports News
India come into day 8 of the Commonwealth Games in 8th position with 15 medals (three golds, nine silvers and three bronze). Neeraj Chopra returns to CWG, but the javelin field has changed
Neeraj Chopra ahead of the men’s javelin event at the Commonwealth Games 2026, in Glasgow (PTI Photo)
Neeraj Chopra is back at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) after missing the previous edition in Birmingham due to a groin injury. There is a special connect between Chopra and the CWG because he won his first major senior international medal, a gold, at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
Back then, the venue for track and field was the 40,000-seater Carrara Stadium. For the ongoing truncated edition, it’s the 11,000-seater Scotstoun Stadium. But the significance of Glasgow will remain, given that Chopra is aiming to win his first medal since winning his own event – the Neeraj Chopra Classic a year ago.
“The 2018 Commonwealth Games was my first senior competition, and it was a good start because I had won gold. I have focused on technique, and I want to execute that well. I don’t have any target, but I want to give my 100 percent, and that will be my aim,” Chopra said after arriving in Glasgow.
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