The two boxers have sparked debate about whether or not they should be able to compete at the Paris Olympics.
Lin Yu-ting, 28, from Taiwan, dominated opponent Sitora Turdibekova, from Uzbekistan, over three rounds at the North Paris Arena.
The victory came a day after Italian fighter Angela Carini forfeited a bout with Algerian Imane Khelif, another boxer who had been ruled ineligible by the IBA. The fight lasted just 46 seconds withThe two boxers are at the center of a before Lin’s bout on Friday. “The answer is ‘yes.’ According to their eligibility, their passports, their history. A test which may have happened—a made-up test which was new—should not be given credence,” he added.
, the IBA defines a woman, female or girl as “an individual with chromosome XX” and men, males or boys as “an individual with chromosome XY.”, which read: “On 24 March 2023, IBA disqualified athletes Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khelif from the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships New Delhi 2023. This disqualification was a result of their failure to meet the eligibility criteria for participating in the women’s competition, as set and laid out in the IBA Regulations.
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