'Sports ek tapasya hai' - Boxer Parveen Hooda's fight: A 22-month ban, a father battling cancer, then Asian Games gold

'Sports ek tapasya hai' - Boxer Parveen Hooda's fight: A 22-month ban, a father battling cancer, then Asian Games gold

Indian boxer Parveen Hooda had secured an Olympic quota before a 22-month ban for three whereabouts failures ruled her out of the Paris Olympics. Her father, Lakhpat Hooda, has been battling stage-three throat cancer and heart problems. Despite having no competition to prepare for, Parveen continued training and returned to win gold in the women’s 65kg category at the Asian Games, defeating Chinese Taipei’s Nien-chin Che in the final.