Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting becomes the second boxer at the centre of a gender eligibility row to secure a medal at the Paris Olympics.
Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting became the second boxer at the centre of a gender eligibility row to secure a medal at the Paris Olympics as she reached the semi-finals of the women's featherweight division.A visibly frustrated Staneva, 34, left the arena making a cross with her fingers, shouting "no, no".
A scrappy fight threatened to boil over at times with Staneva regularly complaining about Lin's use of elbows.Like Algerian welterweight Imane Khelif who progressed on Saturday, Lin is competing in Paris despite being banned from last year's World Championships by the International Boxing Association .
The fighters were reported to have failed gender eligibility tests at the Worlds, a situation which has sparked huge controversy. Lin will face Brazil's 2023 Pan American Games champion Jucielen Romeu or Turkey's Esra Yildiz Kahraman in Wednesday’s semi-finals.The journey to becoming a sporting legendGB win mixed relay bronze as Netherlands' Bol stuns USA'Bedlam in Bordeaux' - Scuffles break out at end of France-Argentina game.
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