Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) announced Tuesday that Taiwan's government has decided to recognize the bronze medal won by Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting (林郁婷) at the 2023 World Boxing Championships, despite her later disqualification by the International Boxing Association (IBA) for gender related issues.
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