World Boxing president Boris van der Vorst on Saturday apologized for the federation’s lack of clear policies regarding gender testing and standards, which resulted in the withdrawal of Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting (林郁婷) from a boxing event it organized, the Sports Administration said.
Van der Vorst met with Sports Administration Deputy Director-General Fang Jui-wen (房瑞文), Chinese Taipei Boxing Association secretary-general Peng Chun-ming (彭俊銘) and Lin’s coach Tseng Tzu-chiang (曾自強) before the day’s competition started, apologizing and expressing regret that Lin could not participate in the event, the Sports Administration said.
He promised to form a working group with experts in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to improve gender-testing policies and standards.
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Lin was in Sheffield, England, for the World Boxing Cup Finals hosted by World Boxing, but withdrew from the event on Wednesday last week after her eligibility was questioned by the organizers.
The decision to withdraw was made by Fang, Peng and Tseng, who traveled to the UK with Lin, according to an earlier news statement by the Sports Administration.
“The newly established World Boxing does not have a clear policy and rules like the IOC to protect athletes, nor comprehensive information or procedures to ensure confidentiality for us to submit Lin’s medical records,” Sports Administration Director-General Cheng Shih-chung (鄭世忠) said at the time.
The WB had rejected a proposal for Lin to undergo a medical check in Sheffield, the Sports Administration said.
Lin, the gold medalist in the Paris Olympics women’s boxing 57kg category, was disqualified over gender eligibility after winning a bronze at last year’s International Boxing Association’s (IBA) World Boxing Championships.
The IOC suspended the IBA as the sport’s recognized governing body for its lack of reforms and transparency in 2019.
During this year’s Paris Olympics, the IOC organized the boxing event itself.
Meanwhile, the IBA continued to raise questions about Lin’s gender, even after Lin won her gold medal.
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