PARIS—Lin Yu-ting, one of two boxers at the heart of a gender dispute at the Paris Games, made light work of Polish opponent Julia Szeremeta to claim the women’s featherweight title on Saturday. Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines and Turkey’s Esra Yildiz were awarded bronze.
Lin and Algeria’s Imane Khelif, who won gold in the welterweight category on Friday, have been in the spotlight over a gender dispute that has made headlines and been the subject of much discussion on social media platforms, triggering a legal complaint from the Algerian.
