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Controversial Taiwanese female boxer Lin Yu-Ting took up nan athletics to protect her mother from domestic violence, MailOnline tin reveal.
In an question and reply pinch Liberty successful 2013, Yu-Ting, a 2 clip world champion, was conscionable 17-years-old erstwhile she made nan daze revelation.
The boxer – who for illustration Algerian Imane Khelif is progressive successful an Olympics gender statement - is owed to conflict Uzbek Sitora Turdibekova successful nan 57kg feathweight class this afternoon.
In nan Liberty Times question and reply MailOnline has discovered, she said: 'Learning boxing is to protect my mother.'
She said retired aft winning nan golden badge astatine nan World Youth Women's Boxing Championship, but was calved into a family of home violence.
Her coach Zeng Ziqiang said Yu-Ting learned boxing because she felt sorry for her mother who was many times beaten by her father.
Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting was, on pinch Imane Khelif, was thrown retired of past year's world boxing championships successful New Delhi
Her coach Zeng Ziqiang said Yu-Ting learned boxing because she felt sorry for her mother who was many times beaten by her father. Pictured: Yu-Ting and her mother
The boxer – who for illustration Algerian Imane Khelif is progressive successful an Olympics gender statement - is owed to conflict Uzbek Sitora Turdibekova successful nan 57kg feathweight class this afternoon
Lin will participate nan boxing title arsenic nan Asian Games champion and apical seeded fighter
Following her occurrence she was fixed a 40,000 Taiwanese dollar acquisition danasiwa and she past gave early prize money to her mother to support her family aft her begetter walked retired connected them astatine their location successful New Taipei City.
She besides revealed really she was inspired to return up boxing aft watching cartoons pinch her favourite being The First Divine Fist, a celebrated animated bid successful Taiwan.
It tells nan communicative of a small boy who is bullied astatine schoolhouse and past meets a celebrated combatant called Mamoru Takamura who reaches him really to container and spell onto beryllium a champion.
Yu-Ting said that watching nan Manga animation made her 'interested successful boxing' though she had to flooded guidance from her mother astatine first who was worried it would interfere pinch her studies.
After taking portion successful nan Asian Boxing Championships winning golden successful 2017 and 2019 she took portion successful ger first Olympics successful 2021 successful Toyko wherever she mislaid successful nan information of 16.
She is besides a 2 times world champion but past twelvemonth was disqualified from nan women's title successful New Delhi aft failing to meet gender eligibility criteria from nan International Boxing association.
Her leader is nan legendary Ukrainian boxer Vasiliy Lomachenko, nan 2 clip Olympic champion and a 3 wight world champion.
Lin Yu-ting (pictured), who for illustration Khelif was disqualified from nan Women's World Championships past year, will return to nan ringing connected Friday successful nan featherweight division
Her leader is nan legendary Ukrainian boxer Vasiliy Lomachenko, nan 2 clip Olympic champion and a 3 wight world champion
On Friday, Taiwan's statesmanlike agency and erstwhile president expressed support for her.
Tsai Ing-Wen, nan country's first female president who was successful agency for 8 years betwixt 2016 and 2024 said: 'Let's cheer for Lin Yu-Ting together,' adding that a triumph would beryllium an honour for Taiwan.
She added that Yu-Ting was 'fearless successful nan look of challenges, whether they travel from wrong aliases extracurricular nan ring.'
While Pan Men-an, nan Secretary General for Taiwan's Presidential Office, wrote connected Facebook that it was incorrect she had been 'subjected to humiliation, insults and verbal bullying conscionable because of your quality and a arguable verdict successful nan past.'
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