Olympic boxing: Lin Yu-ting secures place in gold-medal bout

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Olympic boxing: Lin Yu-ting secures place in gold-medal bout

Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting secured a place in Saturday’s Olympic women’s featherweight final amid the ongoing controversy over her eligibility.

Lin and Imane Khelif are competing in Paris despite being disqualified from last year’s World Championships by the International Boxing Association (IBA) after reportedly failing gender eligibility tests.

Khelif had secured her place in the welterweight final on Tuesday, and Lin, 28, reached her own gold-medal match with another comprehensive, unanimous decision victory as she overcame Esra Yildiz Kahraman.

As she left the ring, the 27-year-old from Turkey made the same ‘X’ sign with two fingers as Lin’s previous opponent Svetlana Staneva.

That came after Kahraman held the ropes open for Lin. She returned to the centre of the ring and made the symbol with two of her fingers, turning around to present it to all areas of the crowd.

Staneva’s ‘X’ was reportedly said to have symbolised female XX chromosomes.

Kahraman did not speak to the media after the ******, so BBC Sport could not ask her the meaning of the gesture.

Lin will meet Tokyo silver medallist Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines or 20-year-old Pole Julia Atena Szeremeta in the biggest bout of her career on Saturday.

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