Boxer Lin reaches final amid eligibility row

Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting secured a spot successful Saturday's Olympic women's featherweight last amid nan ongoing contention complete her eligibility.

Lin and Imane Khelif are competing successful Paris contempt being disqualified from past year's World Championships by nan International Boxing Association (IBA) aft reportedly failing gender eligibility tests.

Khelif had secured her spot successful nan welterweight last connected Tuesday, and Lin, 28, reached her ain gold-medal lucifer pinch different comprehensive, unanimous determination triumph arsenic she overcame Esra Yildiz Kahraman.

As she near nan ring, nan 27-year-old from Turkey made nan aforesaid 'X' motion pinch 2 fingers arsenic Lin's erstwhile force Svetlana Staneva.

That came aft Kahraman held nan ropes unfastened for Lin. She returned to nan centre of nan ringing and made nan awesome pinch 2 of her fingers, turning astir to coming it to each areas of nan crowd.

Staneva's 'X' was reportedly said to person symbolised female XX chromosomes.

Kahraman did not speak to nan media aft nan fight, truthful BBC Sport could not inquire her nan meaning of nan gesture.

Lin will meet Tokyo metallic medallist Nesthy Petecio of nan Philippines aliases 20-year-old Pole Julia Atena Szeremeta successful nan biggest bout of her profession connected Saturday.