Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting wins gold at the Asian Games, defeating China’s Yang Chengyu 5-0 in the women’s 60kg final in Aichi-Nagoya on Friday. The result gives Lin a second Asian Games title after her earlier gold in the 57kg category at the Hangzhou Games three years ago.
Several outlets link the victory to Lin’s earlier experience at the Paris 2024 Olympics, where she competed amid a public gender-eligibility controversy involving boxing rules and eligibility. Cyprus Mail and other reports note that Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif both won gold at Paris during that dispute, and that Lin was cleared to compete again earlier in the run-up to the Games.
While the outlets differ in emphasis—some focus on the timing and recurrence of her achievements, others highlight the contrast with the Paris dispute—they all describe the same match outcome and weight class. Free Malaysia Today also highlights Lin’s use of reach in the final.
