Lin Yu-ting will undergo gender testing for the World Championships. She and Khelif shared the most controversial Olympic gold medal.

She was the most contested boxing gold medalist at the Paris Olympics, along with Imane Khelif's. Taiwanese Lin Yu-ting recently withdrew from the Liverpool tournament after World Boxing questioned her gender eligibility. Now, however, to travel to Liverpool to compete in the World Championships, scheduled for September 4-14, according to L'Equipe, she will undergo the mandatory gender test introduced by the new international boxing federation.

Excluded from the 2023 World Cup but admitted to Paris like Imane Khelif

Lin Yu-ting, along with Imane Khelif, had been excluded from the 2023 World Championships due to "failure to comply with the admission criteria for participation in the women's competition": the measure was taken by the IBA, the former International Boxing Federation, now excluded from the Olympic movement, but as is known, the IOC allowed them to participate in the Games.

The rules of the new World Boxing

According to World Boxing regulations, all athletes over the age of 18 who wish to participate in a competition under the federation's auspices "will be required to undergo a PCR genetic test to determine their sex at birth and their eligibility to compete."