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Neeraj Chopra's Big Diamond League Final Revelation, Says 'X-Rays Showed Fracture...'

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Diamond League Final 2024: Double Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Sunday revealed that he took part in the Diamond League season finale despite a hand injury sustained during a training session.

On Saturday, Chopra came agonisingly close to winning the Diamond League crown before missing it by a single centimeter to finish as runner-up for the second consecutive year with a throw of 87.86m in Brussels "On Monday, I injured myself in practice and x-rays showed that I had fractured the fourth metacarpal in my left hand.

It was another painful challenge for me. But with the help of my team, I was able to participate in Brussels," the 26-year-old said on his social media handle.

As the 2024 season ends, I look back on everything I've learned through the year - about improvement, setbacks, mentality and more.On Monday, I injured myself in practice and x-rays showed that I had fractured the fourth metacarpal in my left hand.

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