Ankle injury

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh)— India’s two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra announced on Saturday that he has ended his 2026 competitive season prematurely after suffering an ankle ligament tear during training. The unexpected setback rules the premier javelin thrower out of the upcoming Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, as well as the season-ending Diamond League Final in Brussels, for which he had already qualified. The injury struck at a particularly frustrating juncture for Chopra, coming shortly after he delivered an encouraging season-best performance in Switzerland. In a statement shared across his social media platforms, the 28-year-old athlete explained that after extensive…