PARIS — Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has advanced to the gold-medal bout in the women's featherweight division, winning her third consecutive bout while dealing with widespread scrutiny regarding misconceptions about her gender at the Paris Olympics.
PARIS — Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has advanced to the gold-medal bout in the women’s featherweight division, winning her third consecutive bout while dealing with widespread scrutiny regarding misconceptions about her gender at the Paris Olympics.
Both fighters have responded to this unwelcome spotlight by making two of the best tournament runs of their lengthy amateur careers. Just like Khelif, Lin has never been a dominant champion in her sport, but that hasn’t stopped many observers from casting both as unstoppable boxing machines during the Olympics because the boxing body IBA disqualified them last year.
Lin is usually taller and more slender than her opponents, and she earns most of her victories through solid technique and savvy use of her reach rather than power. That’s exactly how she beat Kahraman, who attempted to force a more physical fight while Lin patiently picked her apart, mostly from distance.
She has received ample support from outside the Olympics, even from former Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen — and when Lin thrust one glove in the air and walked to the ring for the opening bout on Court Philippe Chatrier, she received loud cheers from a huge crowd with pockets of roaring, flag-waving fans.
Lin controlled her first two fights in Paris against opponents from Uzbekistan and Bulgaria despite starting relatively slowly in both bouts. She did it again when she fought Kahraman, who is more physically strong than Lin, but perhaps not as skilled.
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