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≡ LIN PASSES SEX TEST ≡
World Boxing confirmed on Friday that Olympic women’s 57 kg champion Yu-ting Lin (TPE) is eligible to compete in the female category:
“World Boxing can confirm that, following an appeal by the National Federation, the boxer is eligible to take part in the forthcoming Asian Boxing Championships in Mongolia, 29 March – 10 April 2026.
“The appeal process was conducted in line with World Boxing’s Sex Eligibility policy which was introduced in August 2025 and includes mandatory sex testing, to determine the eligibility of male and female athletes that want to participate in its competitions.”
The process was hardly straightforward, as the decision came as the result of an appeal:
“Following an initial test in 2025, the National Federation for boxing in Chinese Taipei began an appeal process on behalf of one of its boxers and submitted a series of medical documents that were reviewed and analysed by World Boxing’s Medical Committee.
“Following the conclusion of the appeal process, and in line with World Boxing’s Sex Eligibility policy, World Boxing wrote to the CTBA. The letter stated: ‘The World Boxing Medical Committee considered and evaluated the medical documentation presented and determined that the boxer was deemed to be female and eligible to compete in the female category.’”
World Boxing adopted a comprehensive testing policy in August 2025 that includes:
“all athletes over the age of 18 that want to participate in a World Boxing owned or sanctioned competition need to undergo a once-in-a-lifetime PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test to determine their sex and their eligibility to compete in either the male or female category. The PCR test is a laboratory technique used to detect specific genetic material, in this case the SRY gene, which reveals the presence of the Y chromosome that is an indicator of male biological sex.”
An appeal process is also included, with evidence reviewed by the World Boxing Medical Committee.
In Lin’s case, she competed in the women’s division and won World Championships medals when the sport was governed by AIBA/IBA in 2018 (54 kg gold), 2019 (57 kg bronze), and 202 (57 kg gold). At the 2023 Worlds, Lin won a bronze medal at 57 kg, but was disqualified by the IBA – without any further documentation – for failing “eligibility” requirements.
Much more attention has been paid to Algeria’s women’s 66 kg Olympic winner Imane Khelif, also disqualified by the IBA for “eligibility” in 2023, but had already won a Worlds silver in 2022 competing under the AIBA/IBA rules.
Khelif has said she would also take the required World Boxing text, but it also preparing to debut as a professional fighter on 23 April in Paris. She is licensed to fight as a woman by the French federation.
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