Lin Yu-ting claims gold in boxing amid gender controversy

PARIS — Lin Yu-ting captured featherweight gold on Saturday, defeating Poland’s Julia Szeremeta and shaking off more than a week of specious allegations that she shouldn’t be fighting women.

PARIS — Lin Yu-ting captured featherweight gold on Saturday, defeating Poland’s Julia Szeremeta and shaking off more than a week of specious allegations that she shouldn’t be fighting women.

Lin won by unanimous decision at Roland-Garros stadium, with the five judges scoring it 10-9 in all three rounds for the fighter representing Chinese Taipei.

The gold medalist is listed at 5-foot-9 and her Polish opponent at 5-foot-5, but the disparity appeared to be greater in real life, with Lin punching downhill and rarely being threatened.

The fighter said the gender controversy rarely entered her mind as she concentrated on preparation.

Yu Ting Lin celebrates her victory against Julia Szeremeta on Aug. 10, 2024 in Paris.Richard Pelham / Getty Images"As a elite athlete during the competition it’s important to shut myself off from social media and to focus," she told reporters after the bout. “Some of the noises and some of the news articles, of course I heard some of the information through my coach but I didn’t pay too much mind to it."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/lin-yu-ting-claims-gold-boxing-gender-controversy-rcna166107

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