In the latest Olympic bout of gender controversy, Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting, previously ousted from the 2023 World Championships due to a gender eligibility test, made it into the quarterfinals [1] of the division with a decisive victory over Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova.
As the top seed in the featherweight division, Lin clinched a unanimous decision, dominating the match from start to finish.
🚨𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆:
Biological male boxer pummels WOMAN and defeats her at the Paris Olympics, leaving her on the verge of tears.
Lin-Yu-Ting was previously barred from the 2023 women’s boxing World Championship for having male XY chromosomes.
🎥 @fairplaywomen [2] pic.twitter.com/YyUcyM2eD5 [3]
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) August 2, 2024 [4]
Female boxer left in TEARS after being beaten by a biological male boxer with XY chromosomes at the Paris Olympics.
Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova lost out to Taiwans Lin Yu-Ting, who failed a gender test and was barred from competing in the 2023 World Championships. pic.twitter.com/cxgwINaurm [5]
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) August 2, 2024 [6]
The gender eligibility test that triggered Imane Khelif’s disqualification in 2023 also entangled Lin [7], sparking renewed turmoil during Khelif’s bout against Italian Angela Carini, which ended in a mere 46 seconds as Carini threw in the towel.
Angela Carini was forced to compete in a boxing match against Imane Khelif at the Olympics.
She quit 46 seconds in after getting punched in the face. Imane was declared the winner.
Khelif failed gender eligibility tests at the 2023 World Championships.
Poor girl. She trained… pic.twitter.com/FzstBTtUOs [8]
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 1, 2024 [9]
Despite the uproar, the International Olympic Committee, now overseeing the boxing competition, has stood by [10] its green light for both fighters, claiming that neither athlete is male and defending the decision based on Lin’s documented female birth and medical history.