World Boxing stated that an attraction course of initiated by the Chinese language Taipei Boxing Affiliation (CTBA) on behalf of Lin, and carried out in step with its necessary intercourse testing, had been accomplished.
The take a look at is used to detect a selected gene which World Boxing stated “reveals the presence of the Y chromosome that’s an indicator of male organic intercourse”.
World Boxing’s coverage consists of an attraction course of so boxers that display screen constructive for the SRY gene can lodge an attraction and supply supporting proof.
The physique stated following an preliminary take a look at in 2025, the CTBA started the attraction course of and submitted a sequence of medical paperwork.
“The World Boxing Medical Committee thought-about and evaluated the medical documentation offered and decided that the boxer was deemed to be feminine and eligible to compete within the feminine class,” it stated.
Tom Dielen, secretary normal of World Boxing, added: “We recognise that this has been a troublesome interval for the boxer and the CTBA, and admire the best way they’ve approached the attraction course of and their acknowledgement of World Boxing’s requirement to make sure that its eligibility coverage, which is designed to ship security and sporting integrity, has been appropriately applied and adopted.”
The CTBA stated in a press release: “It is a super reduction for Lin Yu-ting.
“We’re happy that World Boxing’s impartial medical specialists completely reviewed all proof and confirmed that she has been feminine since beginning, assembly the necessities, with no aggressive benefit, and guaranteeing her rightful place within the girls’s class.
“We recognise World Boxing’s accountability to uphold security and equity in competitors, and we admire the skilled and rigorous method through which this matter was dealt with.”
Algeria’s Khelif stated earlier this yr she would even be prepared to take World Boxing’s new intercourse take a look at, if it will enable her to defend her title on the 2028 Olympic Video games in Los Angeles.
The CTBA added: “Lin Yu-ting’s return marks a major second for each her profession and the broader sporting neighborhood, reinforcing the ideas of equity, transparency and athlete welfare in worldwide boxing.”
Lin has now been registered to participate within the upcoming Asian Boxing Championships, which occur in Mongolia from 29 March to 10 April.
