Boxer Lin Yu-ting advances to Olympic championships amid gender controversy
Lin Yu-ting and fellow female boxer Imane Khelif continue to face false accusations, which stemmed from a Russian-led sporting body, about their gender.
PARIS — The second boxer at the center of a global debate over gender eligibility and fairness at the Paris Olympics won her semifinal match Wednesday, ascending to the featherweight gold medal bout.
Lin Yu-ting, representing Chinese Taipei, defeated Esra Yildiz Kahraman of Turkey by a unanimous decision, advancing to the final round of the women’s 57-kilogram competition Saturday.
Lin and another female Olympic boxer, Imane Khelif of Algeria, continue to face intense scrutiny and false accusations about their gender and eligibility to compete with women.
After she lost Wednesday night, Kahraman made the sign of an X with her fingers, which mirrored the actions of Bulgarian fighter Svetlana Staneva, who also lost to Lin earlier in the competition.
The Bulgarian Olympic Committee later confirmed that Staneva was boasting about having XX chromosomes in an attempt to mock Lin.
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