CWG 2026: Neeraj Chopra returns to Glasgow, but the javelin field has changed

4 min readJul 29, 2026 10:16 PM IST India's Neeraj Chopra reacts in the men's javelin throw final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)India’s Neeraj Chopra is back in a city where he won his first major senior international medal, gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Back then, the venue for track and field was the 44,000-seater Hampden Park. For the ongoing truncated edition, it’s the 11,000-seater Scotstoun Stadium. But the significance of Glasgow will remain, given that Chopra is aiming to win his first medal since winning his own event – the Neeraj Chopra Classic a year ago.On return from a nine-month injury layoff after last year’s World Championships, Chopra competed at the Doha Diamond League and finished fourth