Neeraj Chopra to miss Commonwealth Games: Big blow to India, Netizens say ‘India will be in a huge problem’

New Delhi: Huge blow to India after Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra ruled out of Birmingham Commonwealth Games due to fitness concerns.

Neeraj Chopra has performed and delivered a lot of outstanding performances ever since he won a Gold medal in Tokyo Olympics 2020.

On June 14, Neeraj Chopra had set a national record after he won a silver medal with a throw of 89.30 metres at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland, bettering his own previous national record of 88.07 meters which he had set in Patiala in March last year.

This was however, Neeraj Chopra’s first outing in an International competition after winning a Gold medal with a brilliant throw of 87.58 meters at the Tokyo Olympics on August 7, 2021.

Also, on June 18, Neeraj Chopra gave another sterling performance as he clinched gold in the 2022 Kuortane Games in Finland.

Here is how netizens reacted on social media:

India will be in a huge problem in javlin throw as Neeraj chopra will not be in commonwealth games 🥲😭#NeerajChopra #CommonwealthGames2022

— Supreme Strange (@khare_soumitra) July 26, 2022

Neeraj chopra ruled out of CWG 2022 due to groin injury hope he will recover soon#CWG2022 #NeerajChopra

— Jaspal Sandhu (@im_jaspal) July 26, 2022

Big blow to @WeAreTeamIndia as Neeraj Chopra is ruled out of @birminghamcg22 due to a groin injury that he suffered at the world athletics championship.#NeerajChopra #Birmingham2022 #CWG22

— Karan Ambardar (@karanambardar) July 26, 2022

भारताचं एक पदक निसटलं?#NeerajChopra #CommonwealthGames2022 #vachamarathi #javelinthrow pic.twitter.com/qMhTbIvfwR

— Vacha Marathi (@VachaMarathi) July 26, 2022

#NeerajChopra pulls out of #CWG2022 due to ‘fitness concerns’ pic.twitter.com/wLYupfvodU

— Manuja (@manujaveerappa) July 26, 2022