TAIPEI — Sports fans at a Taipei bar burst into applause when Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting was declared winner in her opening Olympic bout -- a victory that comes as controversy around her gender stirs heated debate.
Lin and Algerian Imane Khelif are at the centre of a global row over their participation in the Paris Olympics after previously being disqualified from an international competition for unspecified 'eligibility criteria', prompting some to claim they were men, or transgender, fighting in divisions for women.The furore was fuelled by reactions from US presidential candidate Donald Trump, Harry Potter author J.K.
' Before her match with Uzbekistan's Sitora Turdibekova, Lin brushed off the controversy, saying that she was 'adjusting her mentality'. 'I take it that my opponents may be afraid of my strength, so they just find fault and make a fuss about it. In fact, it will only make me feel that they are more afraid of me, and I will only perform better in the ring,' Lin told a local TV channel.
Rally Behind 'Brave' Boxer Lin At Center Of Gender Brawl
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