Taiwan's Olympic gold medalist boxer Lin Yu-ting has withdrawn from the World Boxing Cup Finals in the U.K. after the organizer repeatedly questioned her eligibility to compete.
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00:00Taiwanese Olympic gold medalist Lin Yuting has dropped out from the World Boxing Cup
00:05finals. This comes after the organization repeatedly questioned Lin's eligibility to
00:11participate. According to Taiwan's sports administration, the federation is still new
00:16and medical information submitted by participants lacks adequate privacy and confidentiality
00:22protections. Given this situation, Lin's coach decided to withdraw her from the competition
00:28to protect the boxer and avoid unnecessary controversy. Lin previously faced questions
00:34over her gender at the Paris Games this summer.