{"id":244833,"date":"2026-05-23T13:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T13:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/neeraj-will-be-picked-if-he-performs-well-says-chief-national-coach-radhakrishnan-nair\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T13:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T13:41:15","slug":"neeraj-will-be-picked-if-he-performs-well-says-chief-national-coach-radhakrishnan-nair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/neeraj-will-be-picked-if-he-performs-well-says-chief-national-coach-radhakrishnan-nair\/","title":{"rendered":"Neeraj will be picked if he performs well, says chief National coach\u00a0Radhakrishnan Nair"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Olympics and World championships medallist, javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra<\/a>, may make it to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games-bound Indian team if he performs well in June, said chief National coach Radhakrishnan Nair.<\/p>\n

According to him, Neeraj \u2014 who is set to train in Bienne (Switzerland) from Monday following his rehab for a back injury in Turkiye \u2014 is expected to begin his season in June.<\/p>\n


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\u201cNeeraj doesn\u2019t have any back issues. He\u2019ll be competing (in June). If he does well, we will definitely select him… provided he performs better than the athletes participating here,\u201d said Nair during the Federation athletics meet, which is the last qualifying event for the CWG, at the Birsa Munda Stadium (Morabadi) here.<\/p>\n

Asked whether Neeraj, who skipped 2022 CWG, would be able to compete in both the CWG and the Asian Games, Nair said: \u201cLet\u2019s see how he performs in June.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nair was confident about 5,000m and 10,000m National record holder Gulveer Singh\u2019s chances of selection as the lone Indian in a world class CWG field.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGulveer has already performed. He did much better than anybody who performed in India.\u201d<\/p>\n

On steeplechaser Parul Chaudhary, he said, \u201cParul recently clocked 9:12.84, a mark close to her National record (in the Diamond League in China this month). That\u2019s the second best time ever by an Indian (woman). The selection committee can decide about her CWG participation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sable not fit<\/b><\/p>\n

It\u2019s learnt that CWG silver medallist steeplechaser Avinash Sable, who is in rehab following recurrence of an injury, was keen to return by July for Glasgow but did not get the go-ahead.<\/p>\n


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\u201cSable is not fit right now. But, he\u2019s confident that he\u2019ll be fit for the Asian Games. We\u2019ve hopes from jumps \u2014 triple jump, long jump. Men\u2019s javelin is our pet event, we can have even three participants. We\u2019ve better chances in the Asian Games.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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