Olympic gold medallist Lin Yu-ting has been cleared to return to competition at World Boxing events following a review of her sex eligibility.
The 30-year-old from Taiwan was at the centre of a fierce gender-eligibility row alongside Algerian Imane Khelif at the Paris Games in 2024, where both boxers won Olympic gold.
Lin and Khelif had been disqualified from the 2023 World Championships by previous world governing body the International Boxing Association (IBA).
The IBA was stripped of its status by the International Olympic Committee prior to Paris, where the IOC ran boxing competitions and both Lin and Khelif met the eligibility rules required at the time.
World Boxing took over as the sport’s governing body last year, and it implemented a sex eligibility policy in August, requiring all fighters to take a one-time genetic test designed to identify the presence of a Y chromosome.
Lin has been absent from several international competitions since the introduction of the test but, following an appeal from Taiwan’s federation, World Boxing has since announced Lin is eligible to compete – starting with the Asian Boxing Championships in Mongolia from March 29 to April 10.
World Boxing didn’t specify the results of Lin’s test, but said in a statement: “We can confirm that the boxer is eligible to compete in the female category 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 have not competed in official international events since the Olympics, with the latter saying earlier this year she would willing to take World Boxing’s new sex test, if it would allow her to defend her Olympic gold at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.
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