Olympics-Boxing-Lin needs to shut out 'nonsense' gender row, says ex-federation chief


Paris 2024 Olympics - Boxing - Women's 57kg - Semifinal - Roland-Garros Stadium, Paris, France - August 07, 2024. Yu Ting Lin of Taiwan in action against Esra Yildiz Kahraman of Turkey. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

PARIS (Reuters) - The raging debate over boxers Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khelif at the Paris Olympics is "nonsense" and any talk about it should be ignored by the Taiwanese fighter, the ex-president of Taiwan's boxing federation told Reuters.

"I advised her not to listen to outside noise or pay too much attention to what others say," Lee Wu-nan said ahead of Lin's semi-final on Wednesday.

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