Paris Olympics Gold Medallist Boxer Lin Yu-ting Out Of World Championships Over Gender Row

Last Updated:September 02, 2025, 19:28 IST

Lin Yu-ting, Taiwanese Olympic boxing gold medallist, will not compete at the Liverpool World Championships amidst ongoing gender testing controversy.

Lin Yu Ting won gold at the Paris Olympics (Picture credit: AFP)

Taiwanese Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting will not compete at the world championships beginning this week, Taiwan’s association informed AFP on Tuesday, despite submitting her gender test results.

Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif were at the heart of a major gender controversy during the 2024 Paris Olympics, where both won titles in different weight categories.

World Boxing announced last month that women wishing to compete at the championships in Liverpool from September 4-14 would have to undergo mandatory gender testing under its new policy.

Lin, aged 29, had agreed to undergo the testing, her coach Tseng Tzu-chiang told AFP at the time.

Taiwan’s boxing association said it submitted the results to World Boxing and had not received a response, as reported by the semi-official Central News Agency late Monday.

“We cannot allow the athlete to travel to the UK without any guarantee," the association stated.

The association informed AFP on Tuesday that Lin “will not attend the world championships in Liverpool", without providing a reason or responding to AFP’s other questions.

Lin’s coach Tseng, didn’t respond to phone calls or messages.

World Boxing confirmed Lin would not be present in Liverpool.

“Lin was not presented by Chinese Taipei at the Sport Entry Check today," they told AFP. “She was not entered into the competition and will not compete."

Under its policy, fighters over 18 who wish to participate in a World Boxing-sanctioned competition need to take a PCR, or polymerase chain reaction, genetic test.

Lin and Khelif were excluded from the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) 2023 world championships after the IBA stated they had failed eligibility tests.

However, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed them both to compete in Paris, stating they had been victims of “a sudden and arbitrary decision by the IBA". Both went on to triumph.

Khelif has turned to sport’s top court, CAS, to challenge World Boxing’s gender testing.

Currently, neither boxer is set to compete in Liverpool.

Khelif and Lin faced attacks on social media, rumours about their biological sex, and disinformation during the Paris Games.

The IOC defended them, stating they were born and raised as women, with passports attesting to that.

(With AFP Inputs)

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September 02, 2025, 19:28 IST

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