Taiwan deploys F-16 fighter jets to escort gold-medal winning female boxer Lin Yu Ting home after gender row at Paris Olympics 2024

Taiwan deploys F-16 fighter jets for athletes: Many controversies were seen in the Olympics 2024, in which the gender controversy also made a lot of headlines. Two female boxers came under the gender controversy. There was a lot of discussion about the gender of Algerian boxer Iman Khalifa and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-Ting. Both the boxers won the gold medal. Now Taiwan has made strict security arrangements for Lin Yu-Ting to return home from Paris, which also includes F-16 fighter planes.

Let us tell you that Taiwan had won 7 medals in the Paris Olympics, including 2 gold medals. One of these gold medals was won by female boxer Lin Yu-Ting. Taiwan deployed at least three F-16 fighters to protect the flight for the return of the gold medal winner Lin Yu-Ting along with the rest of the players.

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said that the F-16 jets were used to express Taiwan’s gratitude to the Olympic athletes. Taiwanese athletes were returning from Paris on Tuesday morning. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry shared videos and photos in which three F-16 jets were seen.

Did you hear the roar of our fighter planes?
Yes, this is your morning call to honor our heroes.#ROCAF #TeamTaiwan pic.twitter.com/56PVQYZGA4

— Ministry of National Defense, ROC 🇹🇼 (@MoNDefense) August 12, 2024

Lin Yu-Ting won the gold by winning a one-sided match

It is worth noting that Taiwan’s Lin Yu-Ting won the gold medal by winning one-sided matches. Taiwan’s boxer won the gold medal by defeating Poland’s Julia Szeremeta 5-0 in the final. Earlier, Lin Yu-Ting had also registered one-sided 5-0 victories in the semi-finals, quarter-finals and round-16 matches. It was only after this performance of Lin that all kinds of allegations were made against her. Questions were raised on her gender.

Lin Yu-Ting and Iman Khalifa are the women boxers who were excluded from the 2023 World Boxing Championship. Both the women boxers could not meet the standards of the boxing championship.

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