Taiwan Lin Yu-Ting clinches boxing medal, day after Imane Khelif
In Paris, Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting won her first Olympic medal on Sunday in front of crowds chanting her name, just a day after Algerian boxer Imane Kherif did the same after days of online abuse and intense scrutiny over her participation. Lin defeated Svetlana Kamenova-Staneva of Bulgaria in the women’s 57 kg quarterfinals, then […]
IOC President Thomas Bach calls out ‘hate speech’ at boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting amid gender controversy
IOC president Thomas Bach said on Saturday that “hate speech” against boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yuting at the Paris Olympics was “totally unacceptable.” “We will not take part in politically motivated culture wars,” Bach said at a news conference. Algeria’s Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin have faced days of global scrutiny over their gender, with […]
Paris Olympics: Second Gender-Related Boxing Controversy Emerges With Taiwanese Fighter Lin Yu-Ting
PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 2: Chinese Taipei team’s Lin Yuting competes against Sitra Turdibekova in the women’s 57kg preliminary round (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images) By Blake Wolf, OAN StaffFriday, August 2, 2024 12:31 PM Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting’s victory in her bout against Uzbekistan’s Shitra Turdybekova on Friday sparked a second controversy in Olympic […]
Who is Lin Yu-Ting? The Taiwanese Olympic boxer deemed to have male chromosomes
Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting has found herself caught in the middle of a gender eligibility debate ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics and her bout with Uzbek boxer Shitra Turdybekova. Lin has not faced the same level of criticism as Algerian boxer Imane Kherif, but at the same 2023 women’s world championships in which Kherif […]