Bulgarian Olympic boxer Svetlana Staneva appeared to add fuel to the gender eligibility firestorm on Sunday after a loss to Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting in the women’s 57-kilogram division. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMTaiwan’s Lin Yu-ting, left, fights Bulgaria’s Svetlana Staneva at the Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)The Taiwanese boxer has been at the center of a gender eligibility controversy. FORMER OLYMPIAN SAYS BOXERS AT THE CENTER OF GENDER ELIGIBILITY CONTROVERSY ‘DO NOT DESERVE THIS MISTREATMENT’The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has defended Lin’s and Algerian Imane Khelif’s participation in the women’s boxing event. Lin Yu-ting celebrates after defeating Svetlana Staneva on day nine of the Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena in Villepinte, France, on Aug. 4, 2024.

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