Editing Women's boxing (section)

== Taiwan ==
[[Lin Yu-ting]] won an Olympic gold medal in boxing in 2024 after defeating [[Julia Szeremeta]] of Poland in the final of the [[Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg|women's 57 kg category]] (featherweight). With this win, Lin became the first Taiwanese boxer to win an Olympic gold medal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-boxing-chinese-taipei-lin-yu-ting-wins-57kg-gold |title=Paris 2024 boxing: All results, as Chinese Taipei's Lin Yu Ting claims gold medal in women's 57kg weight category |last=Nelsen |first=Matt |date=2024-08-10 |website=[[International Olympic Committee]] |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814100417/https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-boxing-chinese-taipei-lin-yu-ting-wins-57kg-gold |archive-date=2024-08-14 |url-status=live |access-date=2024-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-boxing-lin-khelif-28d3e1a46ed8fe5c1aa6cd612e2561ca|title=Boxer Lin Yu-ting wins gold, following Imane Khelif to conclude an Olympics filled with scrutiny|first=Greg|last=Beacham|publisher=Associated Press|date=August 10, 2024|accessdate=August 10, 2024}}</ref>

Lin had been disqualified from the [[2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships|2023 Women's World Boxing Championships]] organized by the Russian-led [[International Boxing Association]] (IBA) after failing unspecified [[sex verification in sports|gender eligibility tests]], along with Algerian boxer [[Imane Khelif]].<ref name="auto35"/> She was stripped of a [[bronze medal]], which was instead awarded to Bulgaria's [[Svetlana Staneva]].<ref name=":Staneva0">{{cite news |last1=Everington |first1=Keoni |title=Taiwanese boxer loses bronze over failed gender test {{!}} Taiwan News {{!}} Mar. 27, 2023 11:51 |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/4847630 |access-date=28 July 2024 |work=taiwannews.com.tw |publisher=taiwannews.com |date=27 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) and its Paris Boxing Unit criticized the disqualification as "sudden and arbitrary" and taken "without any due process".<ref name="auto36"/><ref name="auto34"/><ref name="BBC News-2024"/> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' stated, "It remains unclear what standards Khelif and Lin Yu Ting failed [in 2023] to lead to the disqualifications."<ref name="Carpenter-2024"/><ref name="auto33"/> The IBA did not reveal the testing methodology, stating the "specifics remain confidential".<ref name="Euronews-2024"/> The IBA's Olympic status was revoked in June 2023,<ref name="auto32"/> due to governance issues and perceived judging and refereeing corruption.<ref name="Euronews-2024" /><ref name="Ingle-2024"/> Later in 2023, Lin competed at the [[Boxing at the 2022 Asian Games|Hangzhou Asian Games]], where she won Taiwan's first gold medal in boxing at the event.<ref name="Lin:1">{{Cite web|access-date=2024-08-04|date=2024-08-03|language=en-US|title=Taiwan backs boxer Lin Yu-ting amid Olympic gender row - Focus Taiwan|url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202408030014|website=Focus Taiwan - CNA English News}}</ref>