Camille Naredo

Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting reacts after beating Poland's Julia Szeremeta (Blue) in the women's 57kg final boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Roland-Garros Stadium, in Paris on August 10, 2024. Mauro Pimentel, AFP/File

(FILES) Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting reacts after beating Poland's Julia Szeremeta (Blue) in the women's 57kg final boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Roland-Garros Stadium, in Paris on August 10, 2024. - Taiwan's Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting has pulled out of an international competition in Britain after the organiser questioned her gender eligibility, Taiwanese sports officials said on November 27. (Photo by Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP)

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PARIS OLYMPICS

Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1756786897534AFP__20241127__36NC62W__v1__HighRes__FilesFranceTaiwanBoxingGender.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Taiwan&#x27;s Lin Yu-ting reacts after beating Poland&#x27;s Julia Szeremeta (Blue) in the women&#x27;s 57kg final boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Roland-Garros Stadium, in Paris on August 10, 2024. Mauro Pimentel, AFP/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Taiwan&#x27;s Lin Yu-ting reacts after beating Poland&#x27;s Julia Szeremeta (Blue) in the women&#x27;s 57kg final boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Roland-Garros Stadium, in Paris on August 10, 2024. <em>Mauro Pimentel, AFP/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwanese Olympic boxing gold medalist Lin Yu-ting will not compete at the world championships starting this week, Taiwan&#x27;s association told AFP on Tuesday, despite reportedly submitting her sex test results.</p><p>Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif were at the centre of a major gender row at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where they won titles in separate weight classes.</p><p>World Boxing said last month that women wanting to compete at the championships in Liverpool on September 4-14 would have to undergo mandatory sex testing under its new policy.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/5/31/world-boxing-introduces-mandatory-sex-tests-for-all-fighters-0913">READ: World Boxing introduces mandatory sex tests for all fighters</a></div><p>The 29-year-old Lin had agreed to undergo the testing, her coach Tseng Tzu-chiang told AFP at the time.</p><p>Taiwan&#x27;s boxing association said it submitted the results to World Boxing and had not received a response, the semi-official Central News Agency reported late Monday.</p><p>&quot;We cannot allow the athlete to travel to the UK without any guarantee,&quot; the association was quoted as saying.</p><p>The association told AFP in a message on Tuesday that Lin &quot;will not attend the world championships in Liverpool&quot;, but did not give a reason or respond to AFP&#x27;s other questions.</p><p>Lin&#x27;s coach Tseng did not respond to phone calls or messages.</p><p>AFP has contacted World Boxing for comment.</p><p>Under its policy, fighters over 18 who want to participate in a World Boxing-sanctioned competition need to take a PCR, or polymerase chain reaction genetic test, to determine their sex at birth.</p><p>Lin and Khelif were excluded from the International Boxing Association&#x27;s (IBA) 2023 world championships after the IBA said they had failed sex eligibility tests.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/9/2/olympic-champion-boxer-khelif-challenges-gender-test-at-cas-0041">READ: Olympic champion boxer Khelif challenges gender test at CAS</a></div><p>However, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed them both to compete in Paris, saying they had been victims of &quot;a sudden and arbitrary decision by the IBA&quot;. Both went on to triumph.</p><p>Khelif and Lin were subjected to attacks on social media, rumors about their biological sex and disinformation during the Games.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rdPhE-IdpKg?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Taiwanese Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting will not compete at the world championships starting this week despite reportedly submitting her sex test results.</p>

Taiwanese Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting will not compete at the world championships starting this week despite reportedly submitting her sex test results.

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Gender-row Olympic boxer Lin won't compete at worlds, says official

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Published September 02, 2025 12:23 PM PHT

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