Taiwan sports leaders said on Wednesday that the Olympic Boxing Lin Yu-Ting champion had withdrawn from a competition in Great Britain after her eligibility for sex was questioned, but the organizers were not registered in the event. Lin, who, with the Algerian boxer, Imane Khelif was involved in a gender row at the Paris Olympic Games, was to participate in the world boxing final in Sheffield from Wednesday. The new competition is organized by World Boxing, which was founded in 2023 and has around 55 members, including Taiwan.
It was to be the first international flax competition from Paris, but it retired after World Boxing questioned its eligibility, the Taiwan sports administration said in a statement.
“She is a woman, meets all the eligibility criteria and has successfully participated in the women’s boxing event (in Paris), winning a gold medal,” said the press release.
“Unfortunately, as global boxing is newly established and still sails on the development of its operational mechanisms, it does not have CIO’s clear regulatory policy which ensures the protection of the rights of athletes,” he said, referring to the International Olympic Committee.
“In addition, the World Boxing Medical Committee has not yet established solid confidentiality procedures to protect medical information subject by Taiwan concerning Lin Yu-Ting.”
Lin, 28, had proposed to undergo a “complete medical examination locally” in Great Britain, but world boxing did not agree, according to the press release.
To avoid more “damage” to flax, his coach and his Taiwanese sports officials “decided to withdraw from this event proactively”.
Lin had arrived in Great Britain a few days ago and withdrew from the event on Tuesday, Hsieh Chi-Ying of Sports Administration told AFP.
Security first
But World Boxing said later on Wednesday that its current eligibility policy does not prevent them from participating in the Cup boxing.
“The selection decisions are made by the national federations and the boxer was not registered in the event,” said a spokesperson for the organization.
The spokesperson added: “During world boxing, we first put boxers and the security of athletes is absolutely essential.
“We have recognized for some time that gender clarity is an extremely complex problem with important social concerns and our medical committee has a devoted working group determined to examine all aspects of this field so that we can strengthen our policy.”
Lin and Khelif were expelled from last year’s world championships – which were led by the International Boxing Association led by Russian (IBA) – but they were eliminated by the IOC to participate in Paris.
The president linked to the IBA, Umar Kremlev, said in a chaotic press conference that the two women had undergone “genetic tests which show that it is men”.
The IOC jumped for the defense of the two boxers, President Thomas Bach saying that they were born and grew up as women, and passports say this. Neither is known to identify as transgender.
Global boxing is in talks with the IOC to resume management of sport at the games after the controversy of harmful genre.
Lin, which won gold during its female final, was nicknamed “Taiwan’s Daughter” by local media and President Lai Ching-Te.
Taiwan Prime Minister Cho Jung-Tai said on Wednesday that the government is actively trying to protect and guarantee “linen rights to participate in future international competitions.
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