In the latest Olympic bout of gender controversy, Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting, previously banned from the 2023 World Championships due to a gender eligibility test, entered the category. quarter finals of the division with a decisive win over Uzbekistan's Sitora Turdibekova.
As the top seed in the featherweight division, Lin took a unanimous decision, dominating the match from start to finish.
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A biological male boxer beats WOMAN and defeats her at the Paris Olympics, leaving her on the verge of tears.
Lin-Yu-Ting was previously barred from the 2023 Women's World Boxing Championship for having male XY chromosomes.
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A female boxer was left in tears after being beaten by a biological boxer with XY chromosomes at the Paris Olympics.
Uzbekistan's Sitora Turdibekova lost to Taiwan's Lin Yu-Ting, who failed a gender test and was unable to compete at the 2023 World Championships. pic.twitter.com/cxgwINaurm
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The The gender eligibility test that led to Imane Khelif's disqualification in 2023 also entangled Linwhich caused further turmoil during Khelif's bout against Italy's Angela Carini, which ended in just 46 seconds when Carini threw in the towel.
Angela Carini was forced to compete in a boxing match against Imane Khelif at the Olympics.
He quit smoking 46 seconds after being punched in the face. Imane was declared the winner.
Khelif failed gender eligibility tests at the 2023 World Championships.
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Despite the uproar, the International Olympic Committee, which now oversees the boxing competition, has done so stopped his green light for both fighters, stating that neither athlete is male and defending the decision based on Lin's documented female birth and medical history.