The Executive Yuan today said it has instructed sports officials to reinstate honors and prize money to boxer Lin Yu-ting (林郁婷) for her bronze medal victory in last year’s Women’s World Boxing Championships, as the governing body that disqualified her was discredited by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
In March last year, Lin won the bronze medal in the 57kg event at the championships held in New Delhi.
However, the Russian-led International Boxing Association (IBA) disqualified her for failing unspecified gender eligibility tests, accusations that have continued to plague her during the Paris Olympics despite subsequently being cleared to compete.
Photo: Tony Yao, Taipei Times
On Sunday, Lin won the gold medal in the women’s 57kg boxing category in Paris, becoming Taiwan’s first boxer to win Olympic gold.
As the IOC in June last year formally stripped the IBA of its governance over international boxing, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said he has instructed the Sports Administration to reinstate her win.
She would therefore also be granted a Guoguang Sports Medal and prize money of NT$900,000.
The IOC has repeatedly vouched for Lin’s eligibility to compete, proving that the IBA’s cancelation of her bronze medal last year was unfounded, Cabinet spokesman Chen Shih-kai (陳世凱) said.
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