Olympic champion boxer Lin Yu-ting cleared to return to ring after gender ruling

Chinese Taipei boxer can compete in female categoryLin won gold at last international event in Paris 2024The Olympic featherweight champion Lin Yu-ting has been cleared to compete in the female category at World Boxing events, the Chinese Taipei Boxing Association (CTBA) has announced, hailing the news as a “tremendous relief”. Lin and the Algerian Imane Khelif were embroiled in a gender row at the 2024 Paris Games, where they won Olympic titles in separate weight classes.World Boxing, a body recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), confirmed the decision to allow Lin back into the ring after its medical experts ruled t the 30-year-old was female. It means Lin can compete in the Asian Boxing Championships in the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar, starting next Saturday, her first international event since Paris. Continue reading...