World Boxing stated that an enchantment course of initiated by the Chinese language Taipei Boxing Affiliation (CTBA) on behalf of Lin, and carried out in step with its obligatory intercourse testing, had been accomplished.
The check is used to detect a particular gene which World Boxing stated “reveals the presence of the Y chromosome that’s an indicator of male organic intercourse”.
World Boxing’s coverage contains an enchantment course of so boxers that display optimistic for the SRY gene can lodge an enchantment and supply supporting proof.
The physique stated following an preliminary check in 2025, the CTBA started the enchantment 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 common of World Boxing, added: “We recognise that this has been a troublesome interval for the boxer and the CTBA, and respect the best way they’ve approached the enchantment 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 carried out and adopted.”
The CTBA stated in an announcement: “This can be a large aid for Lin Yu-ting.
“We’re happy that World Boxing’s unbiased medical consultants completely reviewed all proof and confirmed that she has been feminine since delivery, assembly the necessities, with no aggressive benefit, and making certain her rightful place within the ladies’s class.
“We recognise World Boxing’s duty to uphold security and equity in competitors, and we respect the skilled and rigorous method by which this matter was dealt with.”
Algeria’s Khelif stated earlier this yr she would even be keen to take World Boxing’s new intercourse check, if it might 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 group, reinforcing the rules 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.
