Boxer Lin pulls out after no reply on sex test results

Taiwanese Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting will not compete at the world championships starting this week, the Chinese Taipei boxing association said on Sept 2, despite reportedly submitting her sex test results.

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TAIPEI - Taiwanese Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting will not compete at the world championships starting this week, the Chinese Taipei boxing association said on Sept 2, despite reportedly submitting her sex test results.

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.

World Boxing reiterated in August that women wanting to compete at the championships in Liverpool on Sept 4-14 would have to undergo mandatory sex testing under its new policy. The 29-year-old Lin had agreed to undergo the testing, her coach Tseng Tzu-chiang said at the time.

The organisation first announced its decision in May.

The Chinese Taipei boxing association then said it submitted the results to World Boxing and had not received a response, the semi-official Central News Agency reported late on Sept 1.

"We cannot allow the athlete to travel to the UK without any guarantee," it was quoted as saying.