Lin Yu-Ting’s opponent Esra Yildiz Kahraman held up an ‘X’ sign in an apparent protest after her unanimous decision defeat last night.
Another woman loses her Olympic dream. Another protest. Enough is enough #paris2024 pic.twitter.com/uPRZghPq6W
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There has been a lot of controversy in the women’s boxing after two of the fighters failed gender eligibility tests at last year’s World Championships.
Yu-Ting and Algerian, Imane Khelif have faced a huge amount of backlash online particularly after Khelif’s opponent Angela Carini abandoned their fight after just 46 seconds.
The IBA and IOC have taken aim at eachother over the banning of the athletes with the International Olympic Committee defending the athletes.
But, IBA president Kremlev told Russian news agency TASS at the time that tests had found that both Khelif and Lin had “XY chromosomes”.
Turkish female boxer takes a stand for women as she holds up an ‘X’ gesture after being beaten by a biological male.
XX= Female Chromosomes
Esra Yildiz Kahraman was defeated by Taiwan’s Lin Yu-Ting, who previously failed a gender test.
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) August 7, 2024
Breaking: Lin Yu-Ting, a biological male boxer who was barred from the 2023 World Championships for having male XY chromosomes, defeated Turkish female boxer Esra Yildiz Kahraman in the Olympics semi-finals tonight. After her defeat, Kahraman made an 'X' gesture in protest,… pic.twitter.com/xGSx6ybW49
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