Olympic gold medallist Lin Yu-ting has been cleared to return to competitors at World Boxing occasions following a overview of her intercourse eligibility.
The 30-year-old from Taiwan was on the centre of a fierce gender-eligibility row alongside Algerian Imane Khelif on the Paris Video games in 2024, the place each boxers gained Olympic gold.
Lin and Khelif had been disqualified from the 2023 World Championships by earlier world governing physique the Worldwide Boxing Affiliation (IBA).
The IBA was stripped of its standing by the Worldwide Olympic Committee previous to Paris, the place the IOC ran boxing competitions and each Lin and Khelif met the eligibility guidelines required on the time.
World Boxing took over as the game’s governing physique final yr, and it applied a intercourse eligibility coverage in August, requiring all fighters to take a one-time genetic take a look at designed to determine the presence of a Y chromosome.
Lin has been absent from a number of worldwide competitions for the reason that introduction of the take a look at however, following an attraction from Taiwan’s federation, World Boxing has since introduced Lin is eligible to compete – beginning with the Asian Boxing Championships in Mongolia from March 29 to April 10.
World Boxing did not specify the outcomes of Lin’s take a look at, however mentioned in an announcement: “We will verify that the boxer is eligible to compete in the feminine class at World Boxing competitions.
“(We) appreciate the way they have approached the appeal process and their acknowledgement of World Boxing’s requirement to ensure that its eligibility policy, which is designed to deliver safety and sporting integrity, has been correctly implemented and followed.”
Lin and Khelif haven’t competed in official worldwide occasions for the reason that Olympics, with the latter saying earlier this yr she would prepared to take World Boxing’s new intercourse take a look at, if it will permit her to defend her Olympic gold on the 2028 Video games in Los Angeles.
