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Taiwan's Top Boxer Lin Yu-ting Wins Asian Games Semifinals in Japan

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Taiwan’s Olympic gold medalist boxer Lin Yu-ting has her eyes on Asian Games gold after defeating Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova 5-0 in the women’s 60-kilogram event on Wednesday. She is now set to face China’s Yang Chengyu in the gold medal match.

2026 Asian Games: Lin Yu-ting Heads to Finals

REPORTER:  
Taiwanese Olympic gold medalist Lin Yu-ting is headed to the boxing finals at the 2026 Asian Games.

Lin beat Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova 5-0 in the women’s 60-kilogram event on Wednesday in Japan. The two have fought before, during Lin’s 2024 Olympic gold medal run. Lin says she remains a fierce competitor.

Lin Yu-ting (BOXER):  
When facing this opponent  
I wanted to give it my all.  
The score may look like I won comfortably, 5-0  
but there were still a lot of details I didn’t pay attention to  
and allowed her to land some punches.  
So I still need to be more careful.

REPORTER:  
Lin will face China’s Yang Chengyu in Friday’s final.