Overview
- Neeraj Chopra won silver in the men’s javelin at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July with a season-best throw of 86.48 metres while returning from a long-running lower‑back injury.
- AFI selection committee chairman Adille Sumariwalla publicly rejected calls to scrutinise Chopra for the result and pointed to the thrower’s decade of top-level achievements as grounds for patience.
- India’s athletics team returned from Glasgow with 10 medals, a haul the federation called evidence of growing depth beyond a few star performers.
- Chopra delayed the 2026 season to rehab, changed coaches to Jai Chaudhary, returned in June at the Doha Diamond League and is scheduled for Lausanne on August 21, the Diamond League Finals in Brussels on September 4–5, and the Asian Games in September–October.
- Sumariwalla has filed his nomination for the World Athletics presidency for the 2027–31 term, linking his public defence of athletes to broader ambitions on the global governing body.