Olympics: Taiwan cheers Lin's boxing gold after gender row

Lin Yu-ting and boxer Imane Khelif became the centre of a gender eligibility row that engulfed the Games.

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Calling Lin a "daughter of Taiwan," Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te was among millions of people celebrating her victory, saying she had made Taiwan proud.

"With admirable focus and discipline, she has overcome misinformation and cyberbullying, turning adversity into victory," he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Until several weeks ago, the 28-year-old's name had been little known to people outside of Taiwan - but the Games have thrust Lin into the spotlight, after she and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif became the centre of a gender eligibility row that engulfed the 2024 Olympics.

Lin and Khelif were allowed to compete in Paris despite being disqualified from last year’s World Championships after reportedly failing unspecified gender eligibility tests. IOC judges have justified the decision to include them saying the testing conducted on them by the sport’s now-banned governing body, the International Boxing Association, was "impossibly flawed" and that Lin and Khelif were "born and raised as women".

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