Parveen Hooda wins women's 65kg boxing gold at Asian Games 2026, edging Chen Nien-chin 3-2

Key facts

• Parveen Hooda won the women's 65kg boxing gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games, defeating Chinese Taipei's Chen Nien-chin 3-2 by split decision.
• Parveen became only the third Indian woman boxer to win an Asian Games gold medal after MC Mary Kom and Lovlina Borgohain.
• Lovlina Borgohain won the women's 75kg gold on the same Friday, giving India two women's boxing gold medals on the same day at the 2026 Asian Games.
• MC Mary Kom had won the 51kg boxing title at the 2014 Asian Games.
• Parveen's bronze medal from the Hangzhou Asian Games was revoked following a doping violation, after which she served a suspension before returning to competitive boxing.
• Chen Nien-chin is a former world champion who won gold at the 2026 Asian Championships and had previously won bronze at the Asian Games and the Paris Olympics.