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After Imane Khelif, Another Gender Row Hits Boxing At Paris Olympics 2024 Post Lin Yu-ting's Win

One of the boxers at the centre of a gender controversy at the Olympics comfortably reached the quarter-finals Friday, as fellow fighters and public figures weighed into the furore. Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting beat Sitora Turdibekova from Uzbekistan on a unanimous points decision in the women's 57kg class in her opening bout in Paris. The 28-year-old Lin is embroiled in a political punch-up over her eligibility, along with fellow boxer Imane Khelif, after the Algerian beat her Italian opponent in just 46 seconds on Thursday. Khelif and Lin both fought at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics without controversy.

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PARIS : The International Boxing Association (IBA) will award Italy's Angela Carini, who lost her welterweight round-of-16 bout against Algerian Imane Khelif at the Paris Olympics in 46 seconds on Thursday, $50,000 in prize money, it said on Friday.

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PARIS : Defending champion Bakhodir Jalolov beat Australian Teremoana Junior to progress to the super heavyweight semi-finals on Friday as a gender row rumbled on over the participation of Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting at the Paris Olympics.

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Australia's Rahimi warns of mental toll on boxers involved in gender row

PARIS : The speculation and discussion over Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting's participation at the Olympics could have implications on the mental health of the boxers, Australia's Tina Rahimi said on Friday as she urged people to wait for clarity on the subject.

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After Imane Khelif, Another Gender Row Hits Boxing At Paris Olympics 2024 Post Lin Yu-ting's Win

DR. SIEGEL: The simple answer to Olympic boxing's complicated problem

Caitlyn Jenner speaks out on boxing controversy in Olympics: 'Shame on the IOC'

IBA to award prize money to Italy's Carini despite loss to Algeria's Khelif

Jalolov beats Australia's Teremoana as gender row rolls on

Olympic women's boxing eligibility controversy is a reminder of the harm in trusting bad faith actors

Australia's Rahimi warns of mental toll on boxers involved in gender row

Olympic boxer Angela Carini apologises to Imane Khelif and explains why she refused handshake