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Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting received a gold medal within the 57-kilogram ladies’s division on Saturday over Polish opponent Julia Szeremeta on the Paris Olympics.
Lin defeated Szeremeta by way of unanimous choice. Lin received every match on the Olympics by way of unanimous choice and confronted no actual problem in the course of the competitions.
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Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting reacts after beating Poland’s Julia Szeremeta within the ladies’s 57kg closing boxing match in the course of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on the Roland-Garros Stadium, in Paris on August 10, 2024. (MOHD RASFAN/AFP by way of Getty Images)
It was the primary boxing medal for Taiwan, nevertheless it has not come with out controversy.
Lin was thrust right into a gender eligibility controversy earlier than the official begin of the Paris Olympics. Lin was disqualified from the 2023 International Boxing Association Women’s World Championships after testing optimistic for “XY chromosomes.”
The IBA, moreover, has stated that Lin had an unfair benefit towards feminine opponents.
Lin Yu Ting of Team Chinese Taipei is congratulated on her victory by Julia Szeremeta of Team Poland after the Boxing Women’s 57kg Final match on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Roland Garros on August 10, 2024, in Paris, France. (Richard Pelham/Getty Images)
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However, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) defended Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif amid the controversy. The IOC has maintained that each Lin and Khelif are ladies and had been eligible to compete within the Olympics.
Khelif additionally received a gold medal in boxing.
For Szeremeta, it’s her first medal of any variety, whether or not it was on the Olympic stage or one other worldwide competitors. She was unseeded coming into the Olympic event and pulled off a number of unlikely victories for the win.
Lin Yu-ting reacts after beating Poland’s Julia Szeremeta (Blue) within the ladies’s 57kg closing boxing match in the course of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on the Roland-Garros Stadium, in Paris on August 10, 2024. (Mohd Rasfan/AFP by way of Getty Images)
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Szeremeta defeated Venezuela’s Omailyn Alcala, Australia’s Tina Rahimi, Puerto Rico’s Ashleyann Lozada and Philippines’ Nesthy Petecio to earn the silver.
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