by Niamh Harris, The Peoples Voice:
A second boxer who previously ‘failed a gender test’ has won a fight in the Olympics after being cleared to compete in the event amid an eligibility row.
The controversial boxer, who had been disqualified by the International Boxing Association (IBA), defeated a female opponent at the Paris Olympics on Friday.
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According to a report by the Daily Mail, Taiwan’s Lin Yu-Ting took to the ring and easily won with a unanimous decision against Sitora Turdibekova of Uzbekistan.
BREAKING: Lin Yu-ting beats female opponent Sitora Turdibekova at Olympics in Paris, France.
Lin-Yu-Ting was previously barred from the 2023 women’s boxing World Championship for having male XY chromosomes. pic.twitter.com/toZ7abK8h3
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Breitbart reports: After the match, Turdibekova was seen in tears, and the boxers did not shake hands and congratulate each other before leaving the ring.
Lin Yu-Ting is the second of two boxers that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed to fight as females despite their failures in the IBA’s gender test, which caused the world boxing organization to disqualify them for sanctioned bouts last year.
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