Lin and Khelif have been banned final 12 months by the Worldwide Boxing Affiliation (IBA) who stated the pair “failed to fulfill the eligibility standards for taking part within the girls’s competitors, as set and specified by the IBA laws”.
However the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC), which runs the boxing occasions on the Olympics, allowed them to compete, insisting Khelif and Lin have been “born and raised as girls”, and has strongly has criticised the IBA.
The IOC had beforehand suspended the Russia-led organisation over considerations round governance and regulation and has raised doubts in regards to the checks.
The row erupted after Khelif’s first bout during which Italian Angela Carini deserted after 46 seconds, saying afterwards she needed to “protect” her life.
As Lin and Khelif progressed with snug victories within the ring, a chaotic information convention held by the IBA final week did little to clear the confusion round their bans.
Chief government Chris Roberts stated the pair had “chromosome checks”, whereas president Umar Kremlev appeared to counsel the checks decided the fighters’ testosterone ranges.
The IOC, which has run the boxing occasions on the Olympics since suspending the IBA, stated opponents have been eligible for the ladies’s division if their passports stated they have been feminine and has backed the pair all through.
There was obvious criticism from Lin and Khelif’s fellow opponents, nevertheless.
Like Kahraman, Bulgaria’s Svetlana Staneva made an ‘X’ gesture within the ring after defeat though Yang Liu, who Khelif beat on Friday night time to safe her victory, raised the Algerian’s arm in celebration after the bell.
Lin and Szeremeta’s bout appeared to be fought in good spirits.
The Pole, a shock silver medallist who continued her uncommon strategy of conserving her arms low however was picked off by two-time world champion Lin, made a coronary heart form along with her arms within the course of the gang earlier than leaving the ring.
Elsewhere on the ultimate night time, Uzbekistan gained two extra golds to take their whole in boxing to 5.
Bakhodir Jalolov efficiently defended his super-heavyweight title by beating Spain’s Ayoub Ghadfa. Abdumalik Khalokov gained the boys’s featherweight title by beating Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu of Kazakhstan.
And China’s Li Qian beat Panama’s Atheyna Bylon to take the ladies’s middleweight crown.
