Meet the athletes from North-East India at Tokyo Olympics 2020

With the Tokyo Olympics around the corner, the Indian contingent is all set to make a good impression. The team consists of athletes from around the country, including a few from the North-Eastern states.

Several athletes from North-Eastern states have represented India at the Summer Games, including Kunjarani Devi, Shiva Thapa, Mary Kom, Jitu Rai and others. Their enormous contributions have helped India win individual and group medals in past editions of the Olympics.

There will be eight Indian athletes hailing from four North-Eastern states at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Let's see who they are and where they come from.

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List of North-East Indian athletes at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

#1 Lovlina Borgohain (Assam)

Lovlina Borgohain is the only athlete from Assam at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The 23-year-old Borgohain hails from Golaghat district.

Lovlina Borgohain secured her Olympic berth after winning a bronze in the welterweight (69kg) category at the Asia and Oceania Qualifiers in March 2020. However, she first shot to fame with a bronze at the 2018 World Women’s Boxing Championships in New Delhi. She repeated the feat at the 2019 World Championships in Russia.

Lovlina will look to put her best foot forward at the Tokyo Olympics, where her campaign begins on 24 July.

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#2 MC Mary Kom (Manipur)

Mary Kom is one of the Indian stars at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The 36-year-old mother of three hails from Kangathei village in the Churachandpur district of Manipur.

The six-time world champion made her Summer Games debut at 2012 London, where she won a bronze in the flyweight category. Mary Kom failed to qualify for Rio 2016, losing in the second round at the World Championships.

She, however, bounced back to book her Tokyo berth by advancing to the semifinal of the Asian Qualifiers in March 2020. The quadrennial event in Japan will be her final Summer Games.

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#3 Lalremsiami (Mizoram)

Lalremsiami is a hockey player from Aizawl, Mizoram. The 21-year-old forward is a member of the women's team heading to the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Lalremsiami has been a member of the national team since 2017. She was part of the team that won gold at the 2017 Asia Cup and silver at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, where she scored four goals.

She plays for Sports Authority of India (SAI) at the club level.

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#4 Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (Manipur)

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu hails from the Nongpok Kakching village of Imphal East in Manipur. The 26-year-old is the only weightlifter from India to have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Mirabai Chanu made her Summer Games debut at 2016 Rio, where she failed in all three of her clean and jerk lifts. The following year, she became the world champion in the 48 kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships Anaheim, US.

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Mirabai Chanu won gold. In 2020, she set a world record in clean and jerk by lifting 119 kg on way to winning the bronze at the Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Mirabai Chanu heads to the Tokyo Olympics 2020 as one of India's medal hopefuls. Her campaign begins on 24 July.

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#5 Tarundeep Rai (Sikkim)

Tarundeep Rai is an archer from the Namchi district of Sikkim. The 37-year-old will represent the country in the men's recurve individual and team events at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Tarundeep made his Games debut at the 2004 Athens Olympics, where he finished 32nd in the individual ranking round and 11th in the team event. At London 2012, he finished 31st in the individual ranking round and 12th in the team ranking.

Tarundeep Rai secured his Tokyo Olympic berth by winning the silver in the men's recurve event at the 2019 World Archery Championships in Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. Tokyo 2020 will be his final Summer Games.

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#6 Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam (Manipur)

Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam is a member of the women's hockey team at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. She hails from Imphal, Manipur.

The 29-year-old has been part of the national team since 2014. She was part of the team that won bronze at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. A halfback with 150 international caps, Sushila Chanu captained India at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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#7 Shushila Devi Likmabam (Manipur)

The 26-year-old female judoka hails from Manipur.

Shushila Devi shot to fame after winning a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She qualified for her debut Summer Games after the International Judo Federation confirmed her qualification last month. Shushila was awarded one of the ten continental quotas in the 48 kg category.

Shushila Devi, who lost in the first round at the World Judo Championships in June 2021, was seventh on the Asian list with 989 points.

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#8 Nilakanta Sharma (Manipur)

Nilakanta Sharma, who hails from Imphal East, in Manipur, is a midfielder of the men's hockey team.

The 26-year-old was part of the team that won gold at the 2016 Junior World Cup. In 2018, he helped the senior national team clinch the Asian Champions Trophy.

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