Ostrava [Czech Republic], Olympic and World Championship gold medalist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has ruled himself out of the Ostrava Golden Spike 202 athletics meet in Czech Republic due to injury, Chopra suffered a muscle injury during training a few weeks ago. However, Indian javelin throwers will be present as guests at the 63rd edition of the annual athletics competition, which will be held on Tuesday. The organizers of the competition have included Germany's Julian Weber in place of Neeraj Chopra. The men's javelin field in Ostrava will also include home favorite Jakub Vadlage, Tokyo 2020 silver medalist and reigning Diamond League and Golden Spike champion. Former world champion Anderson Peters o Granada is also in the mix. This is the second consecutive year that Neeraj had to withdraw from the Ostrava Golden Spike. He was also listed to compete last year, but could not attend due to a muscle injury. The Ostrava meet was supposed to be Neeraj Chopra's third competitive event this season, ahead of the start of the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024. Neeraj started his season in Doha. Diamond League on 11 May and finished second with a throw of 88.36 metres. Recently, Chopra participated in the Federation Cup Athletics meet in Bhubaneswar and won a gold medal in her first competitive meet in India since 2021. The ace javelin thrower produced a brilliant performance by throwing a throw of 82.27m to defeat Manu DP at the Kalinga Stadium. Neeraj Chopra has been shortlisted to compete at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland next on June 18.