A second biological male boxer competing in the Paris Olympics female division decimated their opponent in the opening rounds of the match, reigniting widespread criticism of the event’s handling of transgender athletes one day after a similar boxing match incident.

Lin Yu-ting, 28, competing for Taiwan, punched Uzbek fighter Sitora Turdibekova to the point of tears on Friday after three rounds of a punishing assault that drew international headlines for its one-sidedness. Videos of the match circulating online show Lin delivering crushing blows to the face and body of Turdibekova who walked away after the third round with her head hanging in defeat. Lin was allowed to compete despite previous disqualifications by the International Boxing Association for failing their gender test. The two did not embrace or congratulate one another as Lin was declared the winner.

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Some observers saw the outcome as an inevitable conclusion of a decision by the International Olympic Committee to adopt a liberal inclusion policy that allowed both Lin and Imane Khelif of Algeria to compete despite being removed from competition by the IBA in 2023. Instead, the IOC rescinded the boxing authority’s governing status over the sport and adopted a more relaxed set of rules established by the IOC’s Paris 2024 Boxing Unit. IOC spokesperson Mark Adams deflected when asked about whether the committee bears any responsibility for the outcome of both matches. “I would just say that everyone competing in the women’s category is complying with the competition eligibility rules. They are women in their passports,” he told the news outlet. “These athletes competed many times before for many years,” Adams added. “They didn’t just suddenly arrive.”

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Women’s sports activists led a 24-hour campaign to draw attention to the plights of Turdibekova and Angela Carini, the female fighter who faced off against Khelif. Former champion collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines called for the X community to rally behind Carini in a Thursday post that generated over 150,000 reposts. She has since posted videos of Lin’s fight and reposted several other takes critical of the IOC for allowing both matches to go forward.

Both biologically male fighters were found to have XY chromosomes which the IBA argued gave them innate physical advantages over the field despite their transition to female genders since birth. The Khelif-Carini match ended in the 46th second after the Algerian fighter pummeled Carini so hard that her chin strap was dislodged, forcing her to retreat to her corner. Twenty minutes later, the Italian boxer appeared before reporters where she apologized to her nation for failing to last more than a minute. “I had entered the ring to fight,” Carini said in Italian after. “I didn’t give up, but a punch hurt too much and so I said enough. I go out with my head held high.”

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