Lin unanimously beat Julia Seremeta in Paris and was crowned Olympic champion
The second of the two boxers caught up in a gender eligibility row at the Paris Olympics has won gold, 24 hours after the first. The Taiwanese fighter Lin Yu-ting secured a gold medal in convincing fashion by defeating the young Pole, Julia Szeremeta, in the final of the women’s 57kg event. Lin won every round unanimously and was never in trouble, punching the air and embracing her coach after a fight she controlled from the start.
“I cried because I was so touched,” Lin said. “During the fight I saw images flashing and I thought about the beginning of my career when I started boxing. There were times of great pain and joy.” Earlier this month the IOC criticised the “arbitrary” testing imposed on Lin and Khelif. It pointed to a lack of due process and “proper procedure” in the IBA’s treatment of the women.After passing a crowd of around 100 fans who had waited outside the court to hail her, Lin responded to the question of whether the discussion around her participation, which caused a sharply polarised debate on social and beyond, had seeped in during her Olympics.
In the ring, Lin made short work of Szeremeta despite her opponent’s attempts to make full use of a springy, mobile, notoriously provocative style. Lin uses her height to sound advantage but moves lightly; she glided around the canvas, controlled the position and tempo of the fight, picked her moments to attack and was unhindered during the first two rounds.Szeremeta, who had nothing to lose, fought back in the third and went out punching, visibly bruised and bloodied at the end.
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