Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting won her opening match in the women's 57kg category at the Paris Olympics amid the gender row that has engulfed the Games.
Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting won her opening match in the women's 57kg category at the Paris Olympics amid the gender row that has engulfed the Games. Top seed Lin - who lost her bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships after failing to meet gender eligibility criteria but has been cleared to compete in France - beat Uzbekistan's Sitora Turdibekova to reach the quarter-finals, using her height and range to dictate the fight.
She won her first bout there but came away without a medal after losing to Ireland's Kellie Harrington, the eventual champion, in the quarter-final. She has become a top-level contender, reaching the final of the World Championships in 2022. Amy Broadhurst clearly outboxed her then to win the gold medal. The following year at the World Championships in India she also reached the final.
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