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Merriam-Webster's Words of the Week - Jan. Ask the Editors 'Everyday' vs. What Is 'Semantic Bleaching'? How 'literally' can mean "figuratively". I think there will be 80 percent new players this time in the Asian Games team," Sarwar said. Kabaddi suffered a lot during the last couple of years due to Covid. Due to government's ban on full-body contact sports, PKF could not hold any event.

However, as players mostly reside in rural areas they featured in local events and kept themselves fit. Sarwar was happy with their fitness during the ongoing national event. Yes, due to long, rusty patch match fitness may be an issue but it can be overcome soon when we hold the camp," he said. As unfolds and the sporting arenas across the world find innovative ways to keep the virus in check, India will look to put its best foot forward in one of the most challenging years for the athletes.

Every four years, expectations rise with back-to-back multi-discipline sporting showpieces -- the Commonwealth and Asian Games -- scheduled in the second half of the year. India has traditionally done well in the two quadrennial events, even though it has yet to match the prowess of powerhouses such as China, Japan and South Korea in the Asian Games, and England and Australia in the Commonwealth Games.

But the country's athletes' performance at the Tokyo Olympic Games gives hope that India is trying its best to bridge the gap slowly but steadily. While the magnitude of the task to keep athletes safe in bio-bubbles across the country and prepare them for the quadrennial sporting extravaganzas will test the government's intent, the athletes' enthusiasm and the urge to go the distance to win medals will certainly see India finish a few notches higher than previous editions in the two sporting extravaganzas.

Of late, there has never been a dull moment when Indian athletes have competed in the two events. While some have brought medals, others have bowed out with their heads held high. Sarita Devi's tears of dejection after losing her bout at the Asian Games in Incheon and javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's sterling throws at the Jakarta Asian Games, and countless other performances are all part of Indian sporting folklore.

Some more of those heroic feats will become a part of India's sporting history this year. Expectations will soar again and the likes of Neeraj Chopra, hockey stalwarts Manpreet Singh and Rani Rampal and the young shooters, such as Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker, will be expected to bring home medals aplenty from the biggest continental sporting showpiece.

The Tokyo Olympic Games were a huge dampener for the shooters as they kept firing blanks, but the Asian Games could well revive their sagging morale.

They will get a chance to compete with the best in the business. The Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang saw Indian shooters come up with their best-ever performance, finishing with nine medals 2 gold, 4 silver and three bronze.

They were only third behind China 15 medals and South Korea While Saurabh Chaudhary won gold in his maiden Asian Games, there were several other Indian shooters who missed medals by wafer-thin margins and it's only natural that they would want to bridge that miniscule gap to earn glory. India's medals tally in Jakarta too was heartening.