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TAIPEI, Sept 4\u00a0\u2014 Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting said she considered retiring after winning gold at the Paris Olympics but wanted to carry on fighting in part to defy those who questioned her eligibility.<\/p>\n
Lin and Imane Khelif of Algeria found themselves in the middle of a major gender row at the 2024 Games, with Donald Trump, Elon Musk and author J.K. Rowling among those wading in.<\/p>\n
The two boxers had been disqualified from the 2023 world championships by the International Boxing Association (IBA) after the organisation said they failed unspecified gender eligibility tests.<\/p>\n
However, the IOC allowed them to compete in Paris, saying they were victims of \u201ca sudden and arbitrary decision\u201d by the widely discredited IBA. Both went on to win gold.<\/p>\n
Hailed as a hero in Taiwan, Lin wondered at the time whether it was the right moment to bow out of the sport she loves.<\/p>\n
\u201cI achieved everything I had worked for. It seemed like a good moment to make a graceful exit,\u201d the 30-year-old told AFP in a rare interview.<\/p>\n
Initially the choice was taken out of her hands and her career forced on hold.<\/p>\n
Then in March this year World Boxing\u2014which has taken over the running of the sport\u2014cleared her to return after 19 months in limbo following a one-off sex test.<\/p>\n
Lin, a two-time world champion who will compete at the Asian Games in Japan starting on September 19, said quitting would have let down the people close to her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t leave the people on my team behind,\u201d Lin said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I also wanted to see how far my own abilities could go.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lin is keen to put the darker moments of Paris and its aftermath behind her.<\/p>\n
Dwelling on negatives will get her trapped in a \u201cpessimistic mindset\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m able to continue competing now,\u201d Lin added.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a way that\u2019s a rebuttal to many of the things people were saying before.\u201d<\/p>\n
Falling into place<\/p>\n
Lin has stepped up a weight class as she pursues a second Asian Games gold in a row.<\/p>\n
She won last time at 57kg, the same weight as her Paris triumph, but will box in the 60kg category in Nagoya-Aichi this month.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now I feel like things are gradually falling into place for me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year I started competing again and I\u2019ve gradually regained my reactions and form. It really does feel like I\u2019m getting back into my rhythm.\u201d<\/p>\n
On her return to international competition Lin won bronze at 60kg at the Asian Elite Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, then silver at the World Boxing Cup in China.<\/p>\n
\u201cMoving up a weight class means everything is new for me,\u201d Lin said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a new goal, a new challenge and a new milestone.\u201d<\/p>\n
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On her return to international competition Lin won bronze at 60kg at the Asian Elite Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, then silver at the World Boxing Cup in China. \u2014 AFP pic<\/p>\n
Clarity and determination<\/p>\n
Lin was 13 when she first pulled on a pair of boxing gloves at her junior high school gym in Yingge district near Taipei.<\/p>\n
She was \u201ca small-stature student without an obvious physical edge\u201d, said her coach Tseng Tzu-chiang, who has been her trainer ever since.<\/p>\n
Lin worked hard and captured a string of titles including world crowns in 2018 and 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce she set her eyes on something, she would commit to it wholeheartedly,\u201d Tseng told AFP.<\/p>\n
She meets setbacks head-on, resetting her goals and achieving them with \u201cabsolute clarity and determination\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
Lin admits to \u201cvery high standards\u201d and a \u201crigorous attitude\u201d towards training.<\/p>\n
But there is a fun side too, unwinding from the physically taxing sessions with Tseng by playing Pokemon Go.<\/p>\n
She dabbles in the stock market.<\/p>\n
\u201cI manage risk very strictly,\u201d Lin said, likening trading stocks to throwing punches.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best risk management in the ring is making sure I\u2019ve done my own part well. That\u2019s something I can control.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prized possession\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winning Paris gold was the culmination of years of devotion.<\/p>\n
She failed to secure a spot at the 2016 Rio Games and was eliminated in the early stages in Tokyo in 2021.<\/p>\n
Two years after her Paris win, Lin\u2019s gold medal remains carefully wrapped and stored in her bedroom, rarely making public appearances.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t displayed it yet because I haven\u2019t found a good way,\u201d Lin said, adding she might one day show it alongside her other medals.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m worried about damaging it, getting it dirty, or accidentally scratching it.\u201d \u2014 AFP<\/p>\n
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