Minister of Sports Lee Yang (李洋) yesterday pledged full support for Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting (林郁婷), who did not participate in the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England, because she had not received a response from World Boxing, the event’s organizer.
The 29-year-old Olympic gold medalist had submitted a polymerase chain reaction genetic test result proving that she is female before the championship game, but she did not receive a response from World Boxing, so the Chinese Taipei Boxing Association said it decided not to send her to compete in the championships, which ended on Sunday, to avoid risks.
While at a signing ceremony of the Brighton plus Helsinki Declaration on Women and Sport in Taipei, Lee was asked how the ministry would assist Lin in complying with World Boxing’s mandatory gender testing policy and participating in the international competition.
Photo: Nian Miao-yun, Taipei Times
“We went to the National Sports Training Center two weeks ago and met with Lin. We will do everything we can to safeguard her interests,” he said.
The declaration was jointly signed by Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Huang Jie (黃捷), and International Working Group for Women and Sports representative Elizabeth Pikes.
Huang, who represents the Women’s Sports and Diplomacy Advancement Association of the Legislative Yuan, said that the association has two goals: ensuring that women have equal protection and rights in sports, and to increase Taiwan’s visibility through sports.
Taiwan still has room for improvement in terms of women in sports, Huang said.
Taiwanese female boxers excelled in the World Boxing Championships this year, with Huang Hsiao-wen (黃筱雯) clinching gold in the 54kg category and Chen Nien-chin (陳念琴) winning bronze in the 69kg category.
Taiwanese teams also claimed two world championships last month, she said.
One was Taipei’s Dong Yuan Elementary School baseball team, who won the Little League Baseball World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and the other was Taipei’s Beitou Junior High School girls’ softball team, who bagged their first championship at the Babe Ruth League U16 Girls Softball World Series in Florence, Alabama.
President William Lai (賴清德) only met with the Little League championship team, Huang Jie said.
“We hope that girls can also enter the Presidential Office, and let the whole nation share the glory and power of women in sports,” she said, adding that equal rights in sports should be one of the government’s goals.
“We hope to work with the Ministry of Sports on this issue [sports equality], so that it becomes the pride of Taiwan among nations,” Huang Jie said.
Lee also promised to support efforts to advance diplomacy through sports, cultivate more women to handle international sports affairs, and create a sports environment that honors diversity and inclusivity.
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