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.

They were then disqualified from the 2023 world championships in New Delhi, run by the International Boxing Association (IBA), after failing to meet "eligibility criteria".

However, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has cleared the boxers to compete in the French capital, igniting a firestorm.

It just happened again at the Olympics.

Lin Yu‑ting, a biological male (XY), just "won" the women's boxing match.

This is wokeness. Don't look away.

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The IOC stripped the IBA of responsibility for organising the Paris Games boxing over financial, ethical and governance issues.

Lin beat Turdibekova with finesse rather than power, using her reach to score with jabs and sidestepping the Uzbek's attempts to make the fight a close-quarters brawl. 

After the victory she avoided talking to the media, although her coach Tseng Tzu-chiang paused briefly.

Lin Yu Ting of Taiwan defeats Sitora Turdibekova of Uzbekistan at the Paris Olympics!
However, Lin was previously barred from the 2023 Women's Boxing World Championship for having male XY chromosomes.