Taiwanese officials distake part Lin from the event in the UK to ‘dodge further harm’ to the Paris 2024 gelderly medalcatalog.
Taiwan’s Olympic boxing gelderly medalcatalog Lin Yu-ting has pulled out of an international competition in the United Kingdom after the organisers inquireed her gfinisher eligibility, Taiwanese sports officials have shelp.
Lin, who alengthy with Algerian boxer Imane Khelif was the aim of a gfinisher row at the Paris Olympics, was due to contend in the World Boxing Cup Finals in Sheffield begining on Wednesday.
The recent competition was organised by World Boxing, which was createed in 2023 and boasts about 55 members, including Taiwan.
It was to be Lin’s first international competition since Paris, but she withdrew after World Boxing inquireed her eligibility, Taiwan’s Sports Administration shelp in a statement on Wednesday.
“She is female, encounters all eligibility criteria, and successfilledy take partd in the women’s boxing event [in Paris], triumphning a gelderly medal,” the statement shelp.
“Unblessedly, as World Boxing is recently createed and still navigating the broadenment of its opereasoned mechanisms, it deficiencys the evident regulatory policies of the IOC that uncover the defendion of athletes’ rights,” it shelp, referring to the International Olympic Committee.
“Additionpartner, World Boxing’s medical pledgetee has yet to create sturdy self-promisediality procedures to defendeddefend the medical recommendation surrfinisherted by Taiwan considering Lin Yu-ting.”
Lin had recommended to undergo a “comprehensive medical examination locpartner” in the UK but World Boxing did not concur, the statement shelp.
To dodge further “harm” to Lin, her coach and Taiwanese sports officials “choosed to distake part from this event proactively”.
Lin had reachd in the UK a confidemand days ago and pulled out of the event on Tuesday, Hsieh Chi-ying from the Sports Administration telderly the AFP recents agency.
Lin and Khelif were thrown out of last year’s world championships – which was run by the Russian-led International Boxing Association (IBA) – but they were evidented by the IOC to contend in Paris.
IBA’s Kremlin-joined pdwellnt, Umar Kremlev, claimed in a unrestful recents conference that the two women had undergone “genetic testing that show that these are men”.
The IOC leapt to the defence of both boxers, with pdwellnt Thomas Bach saying they were born and elevated as women, and have passports saying that. Neither is understandn to choose as transgfinisher.
Lin, who went on to triumph the gelderly in her women’s final, was dubbed “Taiwan’s daughter” by both local media and Pdwellnt William Lai Ching-te.
Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai shelp the regulatement would “actively strive to defend and shielded” Lin’s rights to consent part in future international competitions.
