A second man who had been previously disqualified from international women’s boxing events has won a women’s boxing match at the Paris Olympics.
Lin Yu-Ting, barred from the 2023 women’s boxing World Championships because he has both X and Y chromosomes, beat Sitora Turdibekova of Uzbekistan on Friday, although Turdibekova gave it a good attempt.
Yu-Ting won a gold medal at the 2018 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships as a bantamweight, and medaled at the 2019 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships, before his disqualification in 2023.
On Sunday, Yu-Ting will face Bulgaria’s Svetlana Staneva, who is a woman, at 5 a.m. Eastern time.
A day earlier, an Italian woman boxer, Angela Carini, was beat by an Algerian man in less than 46 seconds. Imane Khelif will be in Saturday’s quarterfinals and face Hungary’s Luca Hamori at 11:22 a.m. Eastern time.
Women’s Rights Network commented, “We applaud the bravery of Sitora Turdibekova of Uzbekistan who has just stepped into the ring to face a male competitor in the Women’s Featherweight Boxing at the #OlympicGames The #IOCmedia has doubled down on its policy that Female in the passport means Female and no questions asked, while women’s lives continue to be put at risk. Both of the males in the women’s boxing are through to the next round and in the case of featherweight Lin Yu Ting, a guaranteed medal. This is not Fair. This is not Safe. Shame on you @IOCmedia.”
