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Meet Huidrom Bhumeshwory Devi, hailed as the next Hima Das

In this video, we meet the 'next Hima Das' of the country - Manipur's Huidrom Bhumeshwory Devi, who plans to do India proud at the Olympics.

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The Bridge Desk

Updated: 5 Sep 2022 10:06 AM GMT

At the SAI centre in Manipur, which has seen stars like Mary Kom and Mirabai Chanu break out in the last two decades, a new name is on everybody's lips these days - Huidrom Bhumeshwory Devi.

Touted variously as the next big thing in Manipur sports and as the 'next Hima Das', this 18-year-old's rise is being followed closely by sports enthusiasts for one special reason - she is a rare athletics star to have emerged from Manipur.

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