{"id":217256,"date":"2023-05-30T01:05:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T19:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=217256"},"modified":"2023-05-30T01:05:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T19:35:01","slug":"neeraj-chopra-pulls-out-of-fbk-games-after-suffering-muscle-strain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2023\/05\/30\/neeraj-chopra-pulls-out-of-fbk-games-after-suffering-muscle-strain\/","title":{"rendered":"Neeraj Chopra pulls out of FBK Games after suffering muscle strain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New Delhi, May 29 (PTI) Reigning Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Monday said he has suffered a muscle strain and was pulling out of next month&#8217;s FBK Games as a precautionary measure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Recently, I sustained a muscle strain during my training. Following a medical evaluation, me and my team have decided to avoid any risks which can aggravate the injury,&#8221; the world No. 1 wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Unfortunately, it means that I have to withdraw from the FBK Games, in Hengelo. Wishing the organisers and the tournament all the success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A World Athletics Continental Tour Gold level event, the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games at Hengelo in the Netherlands is scheduled on June 4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 25-year-old, who enjoyed a perfect start to the season by winning the Doha Diamond League on May 5 with a throw of 88.67m, is likely to be back in action at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland, on June 13.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Injuries are part of the journey, but it&#8217;s never easy. I am on the road to recovery, and will aim to be back on the track in June,&#8221; Neeraj added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, May 29 (PTI) Reigning Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Monday said he has suffered a muscle strain and was pulling out of next month&#8217;s FBK Games as a precautionary measure. &#8220;Recently, I sustained a muscle strain during my training. Following a medical evaluation, me and my team have decided to avoid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-217256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}