Neeraj Chopra added to CWG 2026 squad provisionally; to compete in next few days
3 min readJun 14, 2026 04:20 PM IST The Athletics Federation of India has added double Olympics medallist Neeraj Chopra to the Commonwealth Games squad provisionally despite the thrower not starting his season yet. “Neeraj has recovered and he is ready to compete in the next few days. He asked us to add him and we expect him to play a few meets this month,”AFI Selection committee chairman Adille Sumariwalla said in a virtual press conference on Sunday. After the 2025 World Championships last year, Neeraj hasn’t played in any tournament due to a back injury. “His recovery is going fine and he will be competition ready in the next ten days but he will have to qualify by breaching the 82.61m mark,” Adille said. With Neeraj being added to the squad, India will have three Javelin throwers as of now including Rohit Yadav and Yashvir Singh who met the qualification mark in the Indian Athletics Series in Ludhiana yesterday. Apart from Neeraj, recently crowned NCAA triple jump champion Selva Prabhu has been added to …
