Neeraj Chopra, who clinched India’s first silver medal at the world athletics championships, had pulled his thigh muscle during his 88.13m throw that won him a podium finish. He underwent an MRI scan on Monday(July 25) and was advised a month’s rest.

“During the fourth throw, I felt pain in my groin, so I could not give everything in the last couple of throws,” Neeraj Chopra had revealed at the post-event press conference in Oregon.

Neeraj Chopra, who won India’s first Olympic gold medal in athletics in August last year, has broken the national record twice in three competitions this year.

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