Taiwan’s gender row boxer Lin takes bronze medal at Asian championships

Lin Yu-ting ‌wins a medal in her first competitive fight since a gender eligibility row overshadowed her Olympic win.Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting ‌has won a bronze medal at the Asian Boxing Elite Championships ⁠in ⁠her first competition since a gender-eligibility row overshadowed her Olympic gold medal-winning performance at the 2024 Paris ⁠Games.The 30-year-old, who stepped up to the 60kg division after winning Olympic gold in the 57kg category, lost to ⁠North Korea’s Won Un Gyong in the ⁠semifinals on Monday to finish with a bronze.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Olympic gender test ‘a disrespect for women’, South Africa’s Semenya sayslist 2 of 4Iranian women footballers reveal ‘enormous pressure’ of the Asian Cup sagalist 3 of 4France calls IOC sex testing a ‘step backwards’ while Trump praises movelist 4 of 4Olympics align with Trump as transgender athletes banned from women’s gamesend of list“After all, this is our first time competing in the 60kg division after the Olympics,” Lin’s coach ⁠Tseng Tzu-chiang told Taiwan’s Central News Agency.“The opponents’ skills, strategies and styles are all new ⁠to us, so we used this ⁠opportunity to observe and learn.”Lin opted not to compete in the world championships last year after the governing body, World Boxing, announced that women boxers ⁠would have to undergo mandatory sex testing as part of a new eligibility policy.The policy was introduced a year after Lin and Algerian Imane Khelif both won gold in Paris amid a ‌gender dispute.Last month, Lin was cleared to compete in the female category by the World Boxing following an appeal from Taiwan’s federation, paving the way for her return at the Asian championships in Mongolia.Tseng said the boxer had her sights set on competing at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, later this year.“Yu-ting hasn’t competed in ‌a long time, and it was evident that her physical condition wasn’t quite up to par. Losing this time isn’t a ‌bad ‌thing; at least there’s room for improvement and a clear path forward,” he added.