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Internero boxer Lin Yu-Ting hangs gold between tears and applause

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Internero boxer Lin Yu-Ting hangs gold between tears and applause

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UNa Philippe Chatrier packed to the rafters to enjoy the boxing finals at the Olympic Games in Paris offering a great ovation of the night to Lin Yu-Ting, Taiwanese boxer who won the gold medal in the -57 kg category after defeating Polish Julia seremeta by unanimous decision (5-0). The 28-year-old girl She was excited to climb to the top of the podium and listen to the anthem of her country as a new Olympic champion, and at that time the cheerleader stood all those present To dedicate to her a series of applause that shines recognition and respect.

Lin Yu Ting has been in the spotlight since the Olympics started being one of the boxers – The other is the Algerian Eman Khalif- Who participated in the tournament. “Of course it’s annoying to read some statements. But I can’t control what others say.”, He came to recognize the protagonist. “I have a clear conscience about this!”, Stands out.

The path of the Taiwanese through the competition was smooth if we look at the results, respectively bending the Uzbek Sitora tordebikova (5-0), beljara Svetlana staneva (5-0), Turkish Esra Yildiz-Kahraman (5-0) the Polish Julia zeremeta (5-0) show overwhelming superiority.

Gold Lin has the first extra from his PAS government, to pay him 550.000 euros for winning the final and a lifetime monthly payment of 3700 euros. However, The victory that the boxer appreciates most is the support he received from the audience, as well as from Thomas Bach, president of the Council of Europe, That these Das assert that ” they are two boxers who were born women, who grew up as women, who have a woman’s passport and who have competed many years as women. This is a culture war for those who want to define the definition of what a woman is”.

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