PARIS: Taiwan's double world champion Lin Yu-ting, one of two boxers at the heart of a gender row, won her featherweight round of 16 bout against Uzbekistan's Sidora Turdibekova on points by unanimous decision at the Paris Olympics on Friday (Aug 2).
Paris 2024 Olympics - Boxing - Women's 57kg - Prelims - Round of 16 - North Paris Arena, Villepinte, France - August 02, 2024. Yu Ting Lin of Taiwan ahead of her fight against Sitora Turdibekova of Uzbekistan. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra
Both had been disqualified at the 2023 World Championships after failing International Boxing Association eligibility rules that prevent athletes with male XY chromosomes competing in women's events. Following Khelif's quick win on Thursday that had drawn the ire of Italian Primer Minister Giorgia Meloni, who said it was not a fight among equals given the Algerian's physical advantage, hundreds of media had gathered for Lin's fight.
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