Taiwanese Lin Yu-Tut, one of two boxers at the center of a gender dispute at last year’s Paris Olympics, will not compete in the next World Championship in Liverpool, the World Boxing confirmed on Tuesday (2).
Last month, the competition entity announced that boxers in the World Championship will have to undergo compulsory sex tests as part of a new eligibility policy. Politics emerged just over a year after Lin and Algerian Imane Khelif conquered gold in Paris amid controversy about gender eligibility.
Lin coach Tseng Tzu-Chiang had said on August 21 that she had no plans to leave the World Championship.
“She did not consider withdrawing from the competition because of the new gender tests. We will send all the relevant documents requested by the organizers as part of the normal procedures,” Tseng said at the time.
However, a source from the Taiwan Boxing Association said Lin will not go to the World Championship, refusing to provide additional details.
World Boxing also later confirmed that Lin will not compete at the event.
“She was not registered in the competition for her national federation,” the World Boxing said.
The World Championship will take place from September 4th to 14th and is the first to be organized by World Boxing since replacing IBA (International Boxing Association) earlier this year.
On Monday (1st), Khelif appealed to the Superior Sport Court against the World Boxing decision that prevents her from attending events unless she undergoes genetic sex tests.
The appeal seeks to annul the decision and allow Khelif to comply with the World Championship without having to take the test, said the arbitral tribunal of the sport, adding that it rejected its request to suspend the decision while the case is judged.
