Neeraj Chopra and Indian Athletics Team Prepare for Paris 2024 in Europe

The Indian athletics team, including Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra, will undergo their final training phase in three European countries: Turkiye, Poland, and Switzerland, for the upcoming Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.

Training Locations

Neeraj Chopra will be based at the Gloria Sports Arena in Antalya, Turkiye. He has been training in Finland and Germany and recently won a gold medal at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland. Other athletes like javelin thrower Kishore Jena, hurdler Jyothi Yarraji, long jumper Jeswin Aldrin, and triple jumper Praveen Chithravel are training at the Olympic Sports Centre in Spala, Poland.

The men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams, javelin thrower Annu Rani, and shot put athletes Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Abha Khatua will also head to Poland. Steeplechasers Avinash Sable and Parul Chaudhary will train in St. Moritz, Switzerland, before joining the team in Poland on July 24.

Other Training Plans

Race walkers Akshdeep Singh, Paramjeet Singh Bisht, Vikash Singh, and Suraj Panwar will train at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Bengaluru. Triple jumper Abdulla Aboobacker and middle-distance runner Ankita Dhyani will also train at SAI, Bengaluru.

All 30 Indian athletes selected for Paris 2024 will assemble in Paris on July 28, four days before the track and field competitions begin on August 1.