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Another Olympic fighter has emerged at the centre of gender drama, with a clip making the rounds of Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting’s opponent crying after being repeatedly punched in the face.
Lin Yu-ting, a Taiwanese boxer who was banned from the Women’s World Boxing Championships after testing positive for XY chromosomes just punched female boxer Sitora Turdibekova in the face on live TV.
He was declared the winner.
Yu-ting is not a winner. He is a cheater. pic.twitter.com/hhjjrRVpJW
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 2, 2024
Yu-ting was previously disqualified from the women’s boxing World Championships under a rule that barred fighters with XY chromosomes, including those who are intersex. The Olympics allowed both Lin Yu-ting and an Algerian fighter who had previously been banned under the same circumstances to compete against women in Paris. Taiwan’s president has come to the boxer’s defence. We’ll see what JK Rowling has to say about this…
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