Lin Yu-ting cleared to return to boxing after sex eligibility review

Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif were embroiled in a dispute over biological sex at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has been cleared to return to competition at the Asian Boxing Championships following a review of her sex eligibility.World Boxing, the sport’s Olympic-level governing body, announced its decision Friday before the Asian championships, which begin March 29 in Mongolia.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao agree to fight rematch in Septemberlist 2 of 4Ryan Garcia defeats Mario Barrios to win WBC welterweight titlelist 3 of 4Boxer Khelif says she is open to genetic testing by IOC for 2028 Olympicslist 4 of 4Boxing: Fury to return to the ring against Makhmudov in Aprilend of listLin and Imane Khelif of Algeria won gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics amid international scrutiny and misconceptions over both boxers’ sex.While both met the eligibility rules followed at the time by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which ran the Paris tournament, the two fighters’ success led to a politically charged debate over those standards.World Boxing took over as the sport’s governing body last year, and it implemented a sex eligibility policy last August requiring all fighters to take a one-time genetic test designed to identify the presence of a Y chromosome.Lin has been absent from several international competitions since World Boxing introduced the test last summer. World Boxing did not specify the results of Lin’s test, but said in a statement that the Chinese Taipei Boxing Association had mounted an appeal process for one of its boxers following a test last year.“We recognise that this has been a difficult period for the boxer and the CTBA and appreciate the way they have approached the appeal process and their acknowledgement of World Boxing’s requirement to ensure that its eligibility policy, which is designed to deliver safety and sporting integrity, has been correctly implemented and followed,” World Boxing secretary-general Tom Dielen said in a statement.