ITANAGAR, 19 Sep: Taku Manku and Tseten Gyurmey from Arunachal Pradesh clinched the gold medal in the U-19 boys' doubles, defeating their opponents from Mizoram 2-1 at the Yonex-Sunrise North East Inter-State Zonal Badminton Championship 2026 in Shillong, Meghalaya.
Samuel Tamang and Lobsang Choidrup secured silver medal in the U-19 boys' doubles.
The state also won the silver medal in the U-19 boys' and the bronze in the U-19 girls' team events, Arunachal State Badminton Association (ASBA) secretary-general General Bamang Tago said.
Taku Mangku and Samuel Tamang won bronze medals in the U-19 boys' singles, while the duos of Beryl M Sayiang & Jessica N Saring, and Laa Yajum & Nisha Upadhyaya secured bronze medals in the U-19 girls' doubles.
The pairs of Marmin Uli & Adam Doyom, and Lobsang Choidrup & Jessica N Saring also won bronze medals in the U-19 mixed doubles.
This is the highest-ever medal tally for Arunachal in the North East Inter-State Zonal Championship, Tago said.
He further said that all players who reached the quarterfinals will get direct entry into the U-19 Junior National Badminton Championship, to be held in Sikkim in November this year.
Meanwhile, ASBA working president Dr Mohesh Chai congratulated the shuttlers, especially Manku and Gyurmey, for their outstanding performance on the regional stage.
