{"id":6543,"date":"2025-09-17T10:28:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T10:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=6543"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:28:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T10:28:32","slug":"bilaspurs-sakshi-thakur-to-represent-india-at-junior-asian-pencak-silat-championship-in-srinagar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=6543","title":{"rendered":"Bilaspur\u2019s Sakshi Thakur to Represent India at Junior Asian Pencak Silat Championship in Srinagar.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><h1><strong>Bilaspur\u2019s Sakshi Thakur to Represent India at Junior Asian Pencak Silat Championship in Srinagar.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shimla:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Himachal Pradesh\u2019s young martial arts talent, <strong>Sakshi Thakur<\/strong>, has been selected to represent <strong>India at the 3rd Junior Asian Pencak Silat Championship<\/strong>, to be held in <strong>Srinagar, Kashmir from September 25 to 30, 2025<\/strong>. This was officially announced by <strong>Joginder Singh Azad<\/strong>, President of the <strong>Pencak Silat Association of Himachal Pradesh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Sakshi earned this prestigious opportunity after participating in the <strong>Federation Cup Pencak Silat Championship<\/strong>, organized by the <strong>Indian Pencak Silat Federation<\/strong> from <strong>August 2 to 4<\/strong> in <strong>Ladakh<\/strong>. In the event, which also served as a selection trial for the Asian Championship, Sakshi <strong>clinched a Silver Medal<\/strong> in the <strong>Junior Girls 55-59 kg weight category<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Calling it a proud moment for the state, Joginder Singh Azad said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt is a matter of great pride for Himachal Pradesh that Sakshi will represent India in a martial art recognized by the Government of India and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sakshi has been rigorously training under the guidance of <strong>coach Brij Lal Chauhan<\/strong>, who is also the <strong>General Secretary of Bilaspur District Pencak Silat Association<\/strong>. She has been practicing the martial art for the past <strong>four years<\/strong> and has consistently won <strong>gold, silver, and bronze medals<\/strong> in various national-level Pencak Silat tournaments, bringing glory to Himachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p>The association\u2019s leadership, including <strong>Chairman H.D. Panchani<\/strong>, <strong>Vice Presidents Brij Lal Chauhan (Mandi) and Surendra Kumar<\/strong>, <strong>General Secretary Mohammad Javed<\/strong>, <strong>Treasurer Banita Kumari<\/strong>, and executive members <strong>Narendra Kumar, Rohan, and Devgya Awasthi<\/strong>, extended <strong>heartfelt congratulations<\/strong> and <strong>best wishes<\/strong> to Sakshi Thakur and her coach for this remarkable achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Association President Joginder Singh Azad also expressed confidence that Sakshi would deliver an outstanding performance at the Asian-level event and make both Himachal Pradesh and India proud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bilaspur\u2019s Sakshi Thakur to Represent India at Junior Asian Pencak Silat Championship in Srinagar.\u00a0 &nbsp; Shimla: &nbsp; Himachal Pradesh\u2019s young martial arts talent, Sakshi Thakur, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" data-url=https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=6543><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-himachal-news","category-latest-news","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bilaspur\u2019s Sakshi Thakur to Represent India at Junior Asian Pencak Silat Championship in Srinagar.\u00a0 - The Eagle News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=6543\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bilaspur\u2019s Sakshi Thakur to Represent India at Junior Asian Pencak Silat Championship in Srinagar.\u00a0 - The Eagle News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bilaspur\u2019s Sakshi Thakur to Represent India at Junior Asian Pencak Silat Championship in Srinagar.\u00a0 &nbsp; 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