Yu-Ting Lin at the centre of latest Olympic eruption

By Matt Bozeat

THE gender row on the Paris Olympics erupted once more after Taiwanese boxer Yu-Ting Lin secured a medal on the Paris Nord Enviornment.

Lin swept the final two rounds on all playing cards in opposition to Bulgaria’s Svetlana Staneva to achieve the semi finals at 57kgs.

Borislav Georgiev, the Bulgarian boxer’s coach, confronted the press afterwards with a be aware that learn: ‘I solely need to play with ladies. I’m XX.’

Georgiev defined by way of an interpreter: “I wrote the message, but it surely comes from each single girl boxer within the event.”

Lin and Algerian welterweight Imane Khelif have been each reported to have returned chromosome exams that learn XY ultimately yr’s Ladies’s World Championship in New Delhi.

Ladies usually have two X chromosomes, whereas males usually have an X and Y chromosome.

The Worldwide Boxing Affiliation, at loggerheads with the Worldwide Olympic Committee after they have been stripped of Olympic recognition, gave the exams in New Delhi.

IBA Chief Government Chris Roberts advised BBC Sport yesterday that  XY male chromosomes have been present in “each circumstances.”

Georgiev mentioned: “I’m not a medical one that ought to say if Lin may compete or not right here, however when the check exhibits that she or he has the Y chromosome she shouldn’t be right here.”

Georgiev was additionally aggrieved that the choice went in opposition to his boxer, who beat Eire’s Michaela Walsh within the earlier spherical.

He mentioned: “The judges stole the win.”

Lin appeared a transparent winner after a decent opening spherical that she gained on three of the 5 playing cards.

Colchester light-middleweight Lewis Richardson final night time ensured the Nice Britain workforce’s first boxing medal with a factors win over Jordanian slugger Zeyad Eashash.

Richardson boxed his approach right into a 20-18 lead on three playing cards after two rounds after which held off Eashash’s cost within the closing three minutes to arrange a semi closing in opposition to Mexico’s Marco Verde, who outlasted Nishant Dev (India) in an thrilling conflict of southpaws.

Richardson faces Verde on Tuesday night time for a spot within the 71kgs closing.