Turkish Olympic boxer Esra Yildiz Kahraman made an “X” with her fingers in protest after her semi-final match. loss Taiwanese athlete Lin Yu-ting, who is embroiled in a gender controversy, on Wednesday.
Turkey’s Esra Yildiz Kahraman makes an “X” sign after losing to Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yuting in the women’s 57kg semifinals at the Paris Olympics on August 7, 2024.Photo by Fabio Bozzani/Anadolu via Getty Images
Disqualified by the International Boxing Association Phosphorescence Algerian boxer Imane Kherif, who competed in the Paris Olympics, has also been excluded from the world championships in March 2023 because she did not meet gender eligibility requirements.
Lin will compete for Olympic gold on Saturday against Poland’s Julia Szeremeta in the women’s 57kg class.
According to ReutersAt the time, IBA president Umar Kremlev told Russian news agency TASS that the boxers competing in the women’s division had “XY chromosomes” – men have XY chromosomes and women have XX chromosomes. However, despite the controversy, the International Olympic Committee allowed both Lin and Kheriff to compete against female boxers in Paris.
Kahraman’s “X” gesture was likely related to the chromosome controversy. Created the same “X” symbol After Sunday’s quarterfinals loss To Rin.
Lin has won fights with technique and reach rather than power, The Associated PressHe added that Lin beat Kahraman because he “mainly kept his distance and was patient over three rounds” while Kahraman tried a more physical approach.
On August 7, 2024, Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu-ting (red) defeated Turkey’s Esra Yildiz Kahraman (blue) in the women’s 57 kg semi-finals of the Paris Olympics. Photo by Fabio Bozzani/Anadolu via Getty Images
Lin will compete for gold in the women’s 57kg class against Poland’s Julia Szeremeta on Saturday, while Khelib will compete for gold in the women’s 66kg class against China’s Yang Liu on Friday.
Kheriff has been in the spotlight especially after her fight with Italy’s Angela Carini last week, when Carini quit just 46 seconds into the bout, saying “that one punch hurt too much and that’s enough.”
Carini later Apologized She told Kherif that she respected the IOC’s decision to allow Algerian athletes to compete against women.
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IOC President Thomas Bach said at a recent press conference Protected Kheriff and Lynn: “We have two boxers who were born as women, raised as women, have female passports and have competed as women for many years. And this is the clear definition of women. There was no question that they were women.”
Bach called the criticism of Khelif and Lin “hate speech” and Alleged He claimed the IBA, from which the IOC withdrew ahead of the 2024 Paris Games, was waging a “smear campaign against France, the Games and the IOC”.
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