Taiwanese boxer Lin agrees to gender test for world championships in Liverpool

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Taiwanese Olympic boxing champion Lin Yu-ting will undergo mandatory gender testing before the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool. This follows a gender controversy involving Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif at the Paris Olympics, where both won gold. World Boxing's new policy requires all female competitors to undergo PCR testing to determine their sex assigned at birth. Both Lin and Khelif competed in the Tokyo Olympics without incident, but were excluded from the 2023 IBA World Championships due to failed gender eligibility tests. The IOC, however, allowed them to compete in Paris, where they both won gold. Neither boxer is transgender; both were assigned female at birth.