Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has clinched her first Olympic medal in front of a crowd that chanted her name at the Paris Games. Fellow female boxer Imane Khelif from Algeria also got a big win this weekend. This follows days of online abuse and intense scrutiny about their participation. 

Lin and Khelif have been at the center of a clash over gender identity and regulations in sports. Critics have brought up their disqualification from the world championships last year after the now-banned International Boxing Association claimed they failed unspecified eligibility tests for women's competition.

IOC President Thomas Bach defended the boxers, reiterating they were both assigned female at birth, they have both competed for many years as women, and they have always identified as women.

📸: Katie Goodale/USA Today Sports

Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has clinched her first Olympic medal in front of a crowd that chanted her name at the Paris Games. Fellow female boxer Imane Khelif from Algeria also got a big win this weekend. This follows days of online abuse and intense scrutiny about their participation. 
Lin and Khelif have been at the center of a clash over gender identity and regulations in sports. Critics have brought up their disqualification from the world championships last year after the now-banned International Boxing Association claimed they failed unspecified eligibility tests for women's competition.
IOC President Thomas Bach defended the boxers, reiterating they were both assigned female at birth, they have both competed for many years as women, and they have always identified as women.
📸: Katie Goodale/USA Today Sports

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