Taiwan's Lin wins Asian Games gold two years after Olympics gender row

GMA Network - Oct 3, 2026

Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting won an Asian Games gold in her new weight category two years after she was caught up in a gender dispute at the Paris Olympics, while Japan edged out North Korea via penalties in the women's football final in the penultimate day of competition at the Aichi-Nagoya Games on Friday.

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