Olympic boxing champ involved in gender debate wins first bout at Asian titles

Lin Yu-ting, a boxing gold medalist at the center of a gender controversy at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has won her first international bout since then at the Asian championships in Mongolia. Lin was Taiwan's first Olympic boxing champion but she wasn't cleared to compete at the Asian titles by World Boxing until less than two weeks ago. World Boxing says she passed a gene test. Lin beat Thananya Somnuek of Thailand 5-0 in the round of 16 of the 60-kilogram division. That earned Lin a quarterfinal against division favorite Ayaka Taguchi of Japan.