Glasgow, July 26 (IANS) The Indian javelin ace Neeraj Chopra, who is returning to the Commonwealth Games 2026 after missing the previous edition in 2022, said he has not set any specific target in his mind to give his best according to whatever the conditions turn out to be. Neeraj won the crown at Gold Coast 2018 but couldn’t defend the title at Birmingham 2022 as he withdrew from the tournament due to injury.”There is no specific target as such. The only thought in mind is that whenever you …
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Glasgow, July 24 (IANS) Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra is set to arrive in Glasgow late on Friday night ahead of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, sources told IANS, with India’s biggest sporting star preparing to spearhead the country’s athletics campaign.The athlete who won the 2018 Commonwealth Games is returning to the event after having been unable to take part in the 2022 Birmingham Games because of an injury and will be trying to regain the men’s javelin title, which is currently hel…
Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem, Pakistan’s biggest hope for gold in athletics, has high hopes of defending his Commonwealth Games javelin throw title in the 2026 edition in Glasgow, admitting the competition is heating up with several new athletes attaining the next level.Besides India’s Neeraj Chopra, Anderson Peters of Grenada, and Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage of Sri Lanka are top competitors for Nadeem’s title when they throw the javelin in Glasgow on August 1.Pathir…
Doha, June 20 (IANS) India’s two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra finished fourth in the javelin throw event of the Doha Diamond League event, ending with a season’s best throw of 85.69 metres in Doha, Qatar. With his solid effort on Friday, Neeraj Chopra achieved the qualifying standard for the upcoming Commonwealth Games to be held from July 23 to August 2.This was the season’s first Diamond League event for India’s legendary athlete Chopra, who is returning from an injury. This was a dece…
Doha, June 18 (IANS) India’s javelin ace Neeraj Chopra believes the absence of the Olympics or World Championships this season will do little to reduce the standard of competition he faces, insisting that the upcoming Commonwealth Games will be as demanding as any global event.Speaking during the Wanda Diamond League media interaction in Doha on Thursday, the Olympic champion said India’s busy athletics calendar, coupled with the depth of talent expected at the Commonwealth Games, leaves no ro…
Rome, June 5 (IANS) After Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage produced the best javelin throw of his career to smash the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea meeting record with a world-leading 92.62m at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Rome, he said winning the event feels like a Sri Lankan festival. The Sri Lankan opened with 84.49m – a mark that would have been good enough to win – before launching his second-round effort way beyond 90 metres. In the process, he became the first man in 2026, and the first …