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Watch: Female Opponent Taunts Embattled Olympic Boxer, Makes ‘X’ Sign to Protest Amid Failed Gender-Test Backlash

The Lords of the Olympics are fine and dandy allowing fighters with the chromosomes of a male to fight female boxers.
But on Wednesday, a second protest from a defeated boxer was a gesture seen around the world.
Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting became the second fighter with male chromosomes heading for a gold medal fight on Wednesday after defeating Turkey’s Esra Yildiz Kahraman.

She lost to a man? I can’t watch the men punching women events.
— Debs💚🤍💜🎗️ (@biologycounts) August 7, 2024

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After losing, Kahraman made the double ‘X’ sign with her index fingers, according to the U.K.’s Daily Mail.
The protest was similar to one made by Bulgarian female boxer Svetlana Staneva after losing to Lin in the quarter-finals.

Bulgarian female boxer Svetlana Staneva makes ‘X’ hand gesture to signal she is a real woman, after being beaten by biological male Lin Yu-Ting.
XX= Female Chromosomes.
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— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) August 4, 2024

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Kahraman made no other signs of protest, touching gloves wi …

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