Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has clinched her first Olympic medal in front of a crowd that chanted her name at the Paris Games.

Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan clinched her first Olympic medal Sunday in front of a crowd that chanted her name at the Paris Games, one day after fellow boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria secured one as well following days of online abuse and intense scrutiny about their participation.

Lin defeated Svetlana Kamenova Staneva of Bulgaria in a women’s 57-kilogram quarterfinal, earning her second straight unanimous decision and advancing to the division’s semifinal round to ensure she will win at least a bronze medal.

Lin and Khelif have been at the center of a clash over gender identity and regulations in sports, as critics have brought up their disqualification from the world championships last year after the banned International Boxing Association claimed they failed unspecified eligibility tests for women’s competition.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    10·
    5 months ago

    This is what you originally said:

    It’s just a chromosome test, just a blood test.

    You also said:

    So xx plus sry makes females have a male phenotype. That’s what the sry gene does. It makes their bodies i.e muscles and physical traits and behaviors develope as if males would.

    Which would require more than a chromosome test. So make up your mind.

    On to your current post…

    We should test for whatever gives these people an unfair advantage.

    Who are “these people” exactly? Is Brittney Griner one of “these people” too? Should she also be tested down to the genetic level to prove whether or not she is, as you put it, “a real biological woman or your not?”

    And speak for yourself. No woman is beating my ass then having enough energy to beat my friends ass too then going about their day like nothing happened.

    Okay, tough guy. You really know a lot about how weak and fragile women are, don’t you?

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        10·
        5 months ago

        Okay, Superman. No man can beat you in a fight and you get to decide who is a weak, fragile woman and a strong, manly man.

        But the important thing is this is about your money. And if you can’t bet on women’s Olympics boxing, what’s left to bet on? Are there even other sports?

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
            9·
            5 months ago

            What other implications are you sure about? Because so far the only one you’ve implied is that someone could die in the ring, which happens anyway. It doesn’t even need to be because of a hard punch. It could just be contact in a place that already had damage that the boxer wasn’t even aware of.

            So let’s hear the other implications.