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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Boffey in Paris

Taiwan sports administration threatens legal action over gender row

Lin Yu-ting
Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting is guaranteed a medal at the Paris Olympics. Photograph: Ed Alcock/The Guardian

Taiwan’s sports administration has threatened the International Boxing Association with legal action over its “continued publication of false information” in relation to the gender eligibility row at the Olympic Games.

At a chaotic press conference on Monday the controversial ­boxing organisation doubled down on claims that the International Olympic ­Committee had put women’s sport at risk by allowing Lin Yu-ting, representing Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), and Imane Khelif, from Algeria, to compete in Paris.

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