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Shushila Likmabam
Shushila Likmabam is a professional Indian judoka who is known for winning the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, and she is the only athlete representing judo from India.Shushila started her training at a judo academy by the age of 7. She used to train with her elder brother, Shilakshi Singh, and the brother-sister duo would wake up early in the morning for their judo practice. They both used to cover a 25-30 minute journey to reach the judo academy with Shushila sitting on the bicycle carrier.Shushila started her judo practice under the guidance of her uncle, Likmabam Dinit, an international judo player, and began participating in state and national level championships. She made her international debut with the Commonwealth Judo Championship in 2010 in Singapore. She participated under the 44 kg category and won a gold medal. Shushila Likmabam with other participants at the 2010 Commonwealth Judo Championship.
Bindyarani Devi
Bindyarani Devi is an Indian weightlifter, who competes in the 55kg and 53kg weight classes. She won a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (Birmingham) in the womens 55kg category with an overall lift of 202kg, with 86kg snatch and 116kg clean and jerk.Inclined toward sports since childhood, she started her journey as a Taekwondo player. She trained and competed in Taekwondo competitions from 2008 to 2012.As her short height was ideal for weightlifting, she gave up Taekwondo and started weightlifting in 2013.
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