Chinese Taipei Olympic champion boxer Lin Yu-ting will undergo compulsory gender testing ahead of the world championships in Liverpool next month, her coach told AFP on Thursday.
Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif were embroiled in a gender row at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where they both won gold medals in different weight classes.
World Boxing said on Wednesday that women wanting to compete at the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool would have to undergo “mandatory sex testing” under its new policy, which took effect the same day.
“They announced that everyone must submit, so we will submit as well,” Lin’s coach Tseng Tzu-chiang said.
“If you want to compete, you have to follow the rules of the competition. Since we are participating, we will go by their rules.”
A combination of pictures showing Algeria’s Imane Khelif (left) and Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu-ting. Photo: AFP, AP
Under the new policy, athletes 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 gender at birth.