Lin Yuting (file photo)

[Central News Agency] Taiwanese women's boxer Lin Yuting stopped in the top four of this year's World Championships. She was supposed to be awarded a bronze medal, but she was removed from the award ceremony.

Today, the International Boxing Federation officially notified that Lin Yuting's bronze medal was definitely canceled because of abnormal sex biochemical index before the match.

In her career, Lin Yuting won gold medals at the World Boxing Championships in 2018 and 2022, and a bronze medal in 2019.

This year, after going through a hellish schedule of 3 consecutive days of competition, they finally stopped in the top 4, but they should have won a bronze medal and tied for third place, but now they received this surprising news.

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In the women's 57kg award ceremony that was originally held last night, Lin Yuting's bronze medal was temporarily replaced by the organizer International Boxing Association (IBA). However, the coach Zeng Ziqiang and the players were not informed of the reason at the first time.

Today the IBA officially notified the association and simultaneously explained the reasons to Zeng Ziqiang and Lin Yuting who are still in India.

Because Lin Yuting failed the pre-competition gender test on March 16, and her blood biochemical test was abnormal, she was "cancelled" the bronze medal she should have had.

Peng Junming, secretary-general of the ROC Boxing Association, emphasized, "We will definitely appeal through the channel. I am very sorry to receive this news. At present, the coaches and players are very frustrated, and they still give consolation, but do not make too many speculations for the time being. Waiting for the team to return next week. China, the association has received the IBA report notification and confirmed the relevant more detailed information before proceeding with follow-up actions.”

It is understood that boxers need to control their weight and often have abnormal physiological indexes. Female athletes also need to adjust their menstrual periods to match the competition schedule, and may take some hormonal drugs. This pre-match gender blood test, perhaps That's why the problem occurs.

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