Glasgow, July 26 -- Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra is bracing for a stern challenge as he returns to the Commonwealth Games after an eight-year gap, with the Indian ace saying the men's javelin competition in Glasgow will be "tough" as it features many World, Olympic and Asian champions.

Speaking ahead of the men's javelin event, Chopra said the quality of the field meant every throw would count.

"The field is quite good, and I think there is very tough competition in javelin because there are many World Championship golds, many Olympic gold medalists are also there and Commonwealth Games and Asian Games medalists as well. So it's going to be quite tough competition, and almost everyone performs in Diamond Leagues too, so everyone will ...