The heartbreaking reason why Taiwan's Lin Yu-Ting took up boxing before being stripped of medal over failed gender test: Two-time world champion learned sport to protect her mother from domestic abuse
Controversial Taiwanese female boxer Lin Yu-Ting took up the sport to protect her mother from domestic violence, MailOnline can reveal. The two-time world champion boxer stepped into the ring to fight Uzbekistan's Sitora Turdibekova on Friday. The clash between Lin, 28, and Turdibekova, 22, has sparked controversy after Lin failed a gender eligibility test at last year's World Championships. Lin - who has come into the Olympics as top seed - lost her bronze medal after she failed to meet the International Boxing Association's unspecified eligibility criteria.
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