New Delhi, April 4 -- Olympic gold medalist Lin Yu-ting won her quarterfinal bout at the Asian boxing championships on Friday in her first event since World Boxing said she passed a gene test to confirm her gender.

Taiwan's first Olympic boxing champion beat Thananya Somnuek of Thailand 5-0 in the first round in the 60-kilogram lightweight division earlier this week.

She backed that up Friday with another 5-0 win over Ayaka Taguchi of Japan, the top-seeded woman in the division. Lin won every round on all five judges' scorecards, securing a perfect score of 10 in each round.

The 30-year-old Lin had not competed internationally since winning the women's 57-kg featherweight title at the Paris Olympics in August 2024.

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