Yang Chengyu

Taiwanese boxer Lin Yuting captured her second straight Asian Games gold medal on Thursday.

beating China's Yang Chengyu by a unanimous 5-0 decision in the women's 60kg final at the Nagoya Asian Games.

The Paris Olympic champion, who moved up from 57 to 60kg this cycle, controlled all three rounds with a sharp jab and quick footwork, winning every round on the scorecards.

Lin becomes the first Taiwanese boxer to win back-to-back Asian Games titles, adding to her gold at the 2023 Hangzhou Games and a bronze in the 51kg division at Jakarta in 2018, for a career Asian Games tally of two golds and one bronze.

Filipino Olympic boxers Nesthi Pitasio and Carlo Palam looked to secure podium finishes in their respective divisions at the 20th Asian Games in Japan on Monday.

Pitasio guns for a semifinal berth and at least a bronze medal as she faces Chinese Yang Chengyu in the women's 60kg quarterfinals at the Nishio Gymnasium.

The Olympic silver and bronze medalist takes on Yang at 4.30pm in Manila.

Meanwhile, Olympic silver medalist Palam likewise aims to secure a bronze in the men's 55kg division quarterfinals at the same venue.