People gather at a sports bar in Taipei, many closely following the game where Lin Yu-ting, a Taiwanese boxer at the centre of a gender controversy, beat Sitora Turdibekova from Uzbekistan in the women's 57kg class in her opening bout in Paris. Lin has been embroiled in a row over her eligibility along with fellow boxer Imane Khelif after they were disqualified from the 2023 world championships in New Delhi, run by the International Boxing Association (IBA), after failing to meet "eligibility criteria". The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has cleared the boxers to compete in the French capital, igniting a firestorm outside the ring, with politicians and celebrities weighing in. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES