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On Thursday we reported that one of two boxers banned from competing by the International Boxing Association (IBA), Algerian Imaine Khelif, brutalized a female opponent at the 2024 Olympics in Paris – hitting her so hard that she quit the match just 46 seconds in after taking two massive shots to the head.

Now, the second boxer banned by the IBA, Taiwan's Lin Yu-Ting, easily dispatched with another female boxer – Uzbek Sitora Turdibekova, similarly reducing her to tears.

Turdibekova appears to wipe away tears as she walks from the ring

Yu-Ting was disqualified from last year's World Championships, and had a medal stripped after failing a gender test.

"Based on DNA tests, we identified a number of athletes who tried to trick their colleagues into posing as women," International Boxing Association (IBA) President Umar Kremlev said at the time, Outkick reports. "According to the results of the tests, it was proved that they have XY chromosomes. Such athletes were excluded from competition."

The IBA also directly criticized the IOC, saying "The IOC’s differing regulations on these matters, in which IBA is not involved, raise serious questions about both competitive fairness and athletes’ safety," however the IOC position is that Khelif, and Chinese transgender athlete Lin Tu-ting of Taipei, "are women according to their passports," who had qualified under the rules of elligibility.

From the IBA:

The IOC, meanwhile, defended its decision to allow both IBA-disqualified boxers to compete, suggesting they've met all the requirements.