Northeast and sport have always gone hand in hand. While it was Dingko Singh and Kunjarani Devi who were flagbearers in the 1990s, they were followed by Mary Kom, Sarita Devi and Lovlina Borgohain in boxing, Mirabai Chanu, Bindyarani Devi and Jeremy Lalrinnuga in weightlifting and Sushila Devi in judo.
