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Parveen Hooda Secures Gold in Women's 65kg Boxing at Asian Games 2026
- •Indian boxer Parveen Hooda won her second boxing gold for India, defeating Chinese Taipei’s Chen Nien-Chen in the women’s 65 kg final.
- •Parveen secured the gold medal by a 3-2 split decision, marking a significant redemption after losing her 2022 Asian Games bronze due to a doping whereabouts failure.
- •This victory contributed to India's 73rd medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, including 13 golds, 25 silver, and 35 bronze medals.
- •India also secured a bronze in men’s sepaktakraw, a historic gold in women’s recurve archery, and a gold for Lovlina Borgohain in women's 75kg boxing.
- •Other medals included a silver in mixed recurve archery, a bronze for Nethra Kumanan in women’s dinghy sailing, and a silver in men’s recurve team archery.
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Indian boxer Parveen Hooda secured the women's 65 kg gold medal at the Asian Games 2026 by defeating Chinese Taipei's Chen Nien-Chen 3-2 via a split decision. This victory marked a major redemption for Parveen after she lost her 2022 Asian Games medal due to a doping whereabouts suspension.
India secured a bronze medal in the men's quadrant event at the Asian Games 2026 after losing to Japan in the semifinals. This brought India's total historical medal count in sepaktakraw at the Asian Games to three, following previous bronze medals in 2018 and 2022.
Kumkum Mohod, Ankita Bhakat, and Kirti Sharma pulled off a stunning upset by defeating South Korea 5-3 in the women's recurve archery gold medal match at the Asian Games 2026. This historic victory delivered India's first-ever gold medal in that discipline at the continental showpiece.
