Lin Yu-ting, Imane Khelif deliver Olympics gold for Taiwan and Algeria amid gender row
Jubilant Taiwanese fans celebrated after boxer Lin Yu-ting delivered gold in the women's featherweight in the Paris Olympic Games at Roland-Garros Stadium on Saturday (Aug 10) night.
She emulated the success of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif who won the gold medal in the welterweight event a day earlier. The duo were caught up in a gender row that has dominated headlines around the world.
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She emulated the success of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif who won the gold medal in the welterweight event a day earlier. The duo were caught up in a gender row that has dominated headlines around the world.
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00:00oh thank you thank you congratulations you're so beautiful
00:06your dad is so proud of you and you're so surprised
00:23thank you very much
00:30E-mail, E-mail, E-mail
01:00I think this is the thing that made her proud, that she went to Algeria and got a gold medal
01:04we did our first competition and thank God she was proud of us and the whole of Algeria
01:12she won a medal in the race where they had 200 poor people
01:19and this is the place, thank God, the country is proud
01:23gold medal, gold medal, gold medal
01:25can you come over here
01:29as an athlete, you have to focus on every moment on the court
01:33don't get affected easily
01:35because if you get affected, it means that your strategy is successful
01:39then you won't be a good athlete
01:43thank you for your inescapable release
01:45which made the whole world proud of Taiwan
01:48you also made women's boxing be able to create such good results in the world
01:54I think the gold medal in the Chinese team should be the latest recognition rate
01:58I think she is really a magical writer
02:02she can lead the world with a simple sentence or a book
02:06I think today's gold medal is a great encouragement to Yuting
02:13and to get rid of all the unfair issues she has been dealing with
02:21and we are here today
02:23we have people from Europe and Taiwan
02:27they are all cheering for Yuting
02:29how can we let our Taiwanese women be blackmailed like this
02:31how can we be bullied like this
02:33so we are here to support her
02:37Taiwan number one
02:39Taiwan number one