After Imane Khelif, Taiwanese Boxer To Undergo 'Gender Test' For World Championships
Lin Yu-ting, gold medalist at the Paris Olympics, is set to undergo mandatory gender testing for the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool under new World Boxing rules.
Taiwanese Olympic champion boxer Lin Yu-ting is set to undergo mandatory gender testing before the world championships in Liverpool next month, her coach informed AFP on Thursday.
Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif were involved in a gender dispute at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where both won gold medals in different weight classes.
World Boxing announced on Wednesday that women aiming to compete at the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool must undergo 'mandatory sex testing" in accordance with its new policy, effective immediately.
'They have declared that everyone must comply, so we will comply as well," said Lin's coach Tseng Tzu-chiang.
'If you want to compete, you must adhere to the competition rules. Since we are participating, we will follow their rules."
According to the new policy, athletes over 18 intending to compete in a World Boxing-sanctioned event must undergo a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) genetic test to verify their sex at birth.
The pair were barred from the International Boxing Association's (IBA) 2023 world championships after failing gender eligibility tests, according to the IBA.
However, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) permitted them to compete in Paris, stating that they had been victims of 'a sudden and arbitrary decision by the IBA." Both athletes went on to win gold.
Neither Khelif nor Lin are transgender women; both were born and raised as women, as indicated on their passports.
World Boxing will organize the boxing event at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics after receiving provisional recognition from the IOC.
(With AFP Inputs)
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