Standing on the 2023 National Games podium adorned with 10 medals, eight of them gold, ace Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj was exhausted. He had been competing non-stop at major events since 2017 when he was just 16, and the grind had finally taken a toll on his body. “I just needed time off to rest because my 2023 season was crazy. Had I not taken time off, my body would have broken down,” he told PTI.

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