Olympic gold medalist Lin Yu-ting yesterday had to settle for silver at the World Boxing Cup stop in Guiyang, China, after losing to Kazakhstan’s Viktoriya Grafeyeva in the women’s 60kg final.
After leading the first two rounds, Lin was sent to the canvas by a hard blow to the head in the final round, helping Grafeyeva secure a 3-2 split decision.
Lin’s coach Tseng Tzu-chiang said her move up from the women’s 57kg (featherweight) division to the 60kg (lightweight) division was a factor behind the loss.
Photo courtesy of the Chinese Taipei Boxing Association
The heavier weight class tested Lin’s stamina, Tseng said, adding that she appeared not to have fully recovered from her semi-final against Chinese former world champion Yang Chengyu on Saturday.
The bout was Lin’s first World Boxing Cup final since she moved up to the 60kg division following her gold medal triumph at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
After a 19-month absence from international competition amid uncertainty surrounding World Boxing’s new sex-testing regulations, Lin returned to action earlier this year.
The tournament in Guiyang was only her second international event in the new weight class, following the Asian Boxing Championships in April, where she won bronze.
The Guiyang round of the World Boxing Cup was held from Monday last week to yesterday, and featured 333 boxers from 44 countries and territories, organizers said.
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