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Footage has emerged of the second 'failed gender test' boxer landing a flurry of heavy punches on her opponent to win her opening fight of the Paris Olympics.

Taiwan's Lin Yu-Ting put on a dominant display across three rounds at the North Paris Arena on Friday to storm to victory against Sitora Turdibekova of Uzbekistan.

The 28-year-old showed off impressive striking and quick footwork to maintain dominance inside the ring and secure the unanimous decision victory.

Afterwards, her opponent Turdibekova was overcome with emotion and could not hold back the tears as the decision was read out inside the arena. The pair did not embrace or congratulate each other.

Now video of the bout has been released, showing Lin battering her opponent with a flurry of strong punches to secure a victory on points.

The clip shows a series of quick strikes, including left and right hooks and uppercuts, which soon leave Turdibekova reeling.

After the judge's decision is announced, Lin has her left arm raised in the air by the referee.

Her Uzbekistani opponent can then be seen disconsolately walking out of the ring in tears while the Taiwanese fighter thumps her chest in celebration before saluting and bowing to the crowd.

Lin is one of two boxers at the Games who were disqualified from the Women's Boxing World Championships last year due to failing a gender eligibility test alongside Algeria's Imane Khelif.

Turdibekova also opted not to shake hands with Lin after the bell ended their 57-kilogram featherweight category fight.

Two-time World and Asian Championships gold medalist Lin, who is reported to have 40 wins and 14 losses as an amateur, was classed as the top seed in the event.

Lin's win comes a day after controversy erupted when Algeria's Imane Khelif won her first fight in the women's welterweight event amid an eligibility row.

Carini was punched twice by Khelif in the opening round of their women's welterweight bout in Paris.

The blows appeared to knock off the Italian boxer's chin strap, with the fighter moving over to her corner.

Carini returned to the center of the ring and abandoned the bout after 46 seconds, leading to Khelif being declared the winner.

The Italian boxer, who claimed before the fight that she could 'only adapt to the rules of the Olympics', was then seen crying in the center of the ring following the abrupt conclusion of the bout.

The International Boxing Association (IBA) - who have been stripped of recognition amid a series of governance issues - disqualified Khelif and Lin from the Women's Boxing World Championships last year.

Lin had won the bronze medal, after winning three fights before losing in the semi-finals to Kazakhstan's Karina Ibragimova.

The IBA later stripped Lin of the medal, with the organization stating the boxer had failed to meet eligibility requirements.
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00:00footage has emerged of the second failed gender test boxer landing a flurry of heavy punches on
00:11her opponent to win her opening fight of the paris olympics taiwan's lin yuting put on a
00:17dominant display across three rounds at the north paris arena on friday to storm to victory against
00:21siddhara turdibakova of uzbekistan the 28 year old showed off impressive striking and quick
00:27footwork to maintain dominance inside the ring and secure the unanimous decision victory
00:33afterwards her opponent turdibakova was overcome with emotion and could not hold back the tears as
00:37the decision was read out inside the arena the pair did not embrace or congratulate each other
00:44now video of the bout has been released showing lynn battering her opponent with a flurry of strong
00:49punches to secure a victory on points the clip shows a series of quick strikes including left
00:55and right hooks and uppercuts which soon leaved turdibakova reeling after the judge's decision
01:00is announced lynn has her left arm raised in the air by the referee

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