By Julien Pretot
PARIS (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting beat Julia Szeremeta of Poland by unanimous decision to claim the gold medal in women’s featherweight at the Olympics on Saturday.
Lin, and Algerian welterweight gold medallist Imane Khelif, have been in the spotlight at the Paris Games amid a gender dispute that has dominated headlines.
Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines and Turkey’s Esra Yildiz were awarded bronze.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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