Taiwanese boxer Lin agrees to gender test for world championships

Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu-ting won the women’s 57kg boxing final against Poland’s Julia Szeremeta at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. - Photo: AFP

TAIPEI: Taiwanese Olympic champion boxer Lin Yu-ting will undergo compulsory gender testing ahead of the world championships in Liverpool next month, her coach told AFP on Thursday (Aug 21).

Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif were embroiled in a gender row at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where they both won gold medals in different weight classes.