One of the two female boxers who sparked a gender controversy won again on Wednesday at the Paris Olympics to secure a gold medal shot.
Taiwanese fighter Lin Yu-ting described it as a “difficult journey” after her 57kg semi-final win over Turkey’s Esra Yildiz Kahraman by unanimous decision.
That victory came 24 hours after Algeria’s Imane Khelif reached her final.
After the decision came, the Turk made an X sign with her fingers, just like Lina’s other defeated opponent did in the previous match.
Kahraman then declined to say what that meant.
On the track, American sprinter Quincy Hall stormed to the line to win a thrilling men’s 400m.
The action ended a 16-year drought for the US. Zambian Muzala Samukong took the bronze.
“I’m not giving up,” Hall said. “I just got the sand. I’ve been grinding. I’ve got determination.”
Noah Lyles put himself in position to make the Olympic sprint double on Thursday when he finished second to Botswana’s Letsil Tebog in his semi-final.
Lyles, who won the tightest 100m final in modern Olympic history by just five thousandths of a second on Sunday, will be a heavy favorite to become the first man
Jamaica’s Roje Stona produced an upset men’s discus victory and Nina Kennedy claimed Australia’s first ever Olympic pole vault title.
Australia’s Keegan Palmer won his second consecutive Olympic park men’s skateboarding title with some impressive moves.
Boutier carded eight birdies in a superb round of 65 under par.
The first gold from the weightlifting program was won by Li Fabin, who retained his Olympic title at 61 kilograms.
In another blistering day at the velodrome, Dutch star Harrie Lavreysen broke the men’s sprint world record, clocking 9.088 seconds.
Host nation France crashed out in men’s handball, an event they had hoped would produce a gold medal, as the reigning champions lost 35-34 to Germany.
In another development, Australian Olympic hockey player Tom Craig was arrested on suspicion of buying cocaine from a dealer in Paris. In the medals table, the USA moved to 27 golds, two ahead of China, while Australia moved into third place with 18 golds.
