{"id":281484,"date":"2026-04-21T00:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=281484"},"modified":"2026-04-21T00:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:27:15","slug":"biri-takar-wins-2-gold-1-bronze-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/biri-takar-wins-2-gold-1-bronze-medals\/","title":{"rendered":"Biri Takar wins 2 gold, 1 bronze medals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BWF Czechia Para Badminton International 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 20 Apr:<\/strong> Biri Takar from Arunachal won two gold medals and a bronze medal at the recently concluded prestigious BWF Czechia Para Badminton International 2026 (Grade 2), held at Prague, Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Takar secured the first gold medal in men&#8217;s singles SL4 category after defeating World No 16 ranked Nils Boening of Germany with a scoreline of 21-13, 20-22, 21-10, demonstrating outstanding composure and fighting spirit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He won the second gold medal in the men&#8217;s doubles SL3-SU5 category, and the bronze medal in mixed doubles SL3-SU5 category.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, in the men&#8217;s singles quarterfinals, Biri Takar defeated six-time European Games medallist Rickard Nilsson in a gripping three-set encounter (17-21, 21-15, 21-17), setting the tone for his golden run.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Meanwhile, the Paralympic Association of Arunachal (PAA) hailed Takar&#8217;s achievement as historic and said, &#8220;This phenomenal achievement is a testament to Biri Takar&#8217;s relentless hard work, dedication, and the growing strength of para sports in India. His success continues to inspire a new generation of athletes and highlights the immense potential of sportspersons from Arunachal Pradesh.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PAA congratulated Takar for bringing laurels to the nation, and acknowledged the support of all stakeholders for their contribution towards the development and promotion of para sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BWF Czechia Para Badminton International 2026 ITANAGAR, 20 Apr: Biri Takar from Arunachal won two gold medals and a bronze medal at the recently concluded prestigious BWF Czechia Para Badminton International 2026 (Grade 2), held at Prague, Czech Republic. Takar secured the first gold medal in men&#8217;s singles SL4 category after defeating World No 16 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-281484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281492,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281484\/revisions\/281492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}