The Taiwanese Lin Yu-Ting, another of the female boxers under gender controversy along with the Algerian Imane Khelif, beat the Turkish this Wednesday Esra Yildiz Kahraman by unanimous decision (5-0) and qualified for the final at -57 kilos.
Lin Yu-ting is one of two boxers claimed by the International Boxing Association (IBA) to have fought with “competitive advantages over other female competitors”, after the “gender test” was not specified in the 2023 World Cup.
A statement denied by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which is in charge, through the Boxing Task Force (BTF), of regulating boxing at the Olympic Games.
Furthermore, the president of the IOC Thomas Bach came to the defense of Lin Yu-Ting and Imane Khelif
“They are two boxers who were born women, who grew up as women, with women’s passports and competed for many years as women,” said the leader of the Olympic movement, denouncing “a culture war” of those who want to fit “the definition of what a woman is.”
Lin Yu-Ting clearly overpowered his rival from the first second of the battle. They both traded fists and when the bell rang to start the round, the Taiwanese landed a straight left to the Turkish’s forehead with impressive ease that was a warning of what was to come for the rest of the match.
Lin Yu-Ting, At a wider range, he was able to control his opponent with his straight shots, trying to penetrate the medium and short distance of the Taiwanese, but his evasions and head movements were not enough to prevent direct shots to him.
Ezra Yildiz He released fewer hands, looking for a good straight right, of power, which the judges could see, each one located on one side of the ring, so that he could add points to the cards that did not favor him from first round.
5-0 in the first three minutes of the match which followed the same script after the minute break.
Esra Yildiz dominated in the center of the ring, but failed to regularly affect her rival Lin Yu-ting, who repeated her favorable score in the second round, securing her place in the final since she acted with agility in the last round the straight ones and showed great efficiency in avoiding any kind of problem.
The Taiwanese also won the last round and qualified for the final in convincing fashion.
After the judges’ score, with 5-0 in favor of Lin Yu-ting, Ezra Yildiz He waits for him in his corner, opens the ropes to let him out of the ring and, after that, he makes an “X” gesture with his fingers.
A move that the Bulgarian boxer also made in the quarterfinals Svetlana Staneva when the Turkish woman beat him in reference to the XX chromosomes that women have, because the gender controversy is based on the fact that, according to IBA – without officially presented evidence – both Lin Yu-ting and Imane have XY chromosomes Khelif , typical of men. Claim rejected by the IOC
Source: La Verdad
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