"I Have XX Chromosomes, I'm a Woman!" - Bulgarian Boxer's Defiant Stand After Olympics Quarterfinal Defeat
Svetlana Staneva, the Bulgarian boxer, was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 57-kilogram category at the Paris Olympic Games. Staneva, the reigning European champion from Belgrade 2024 and bronze medalist from the last World Championship in New Delhi 2023, lost to Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan, the current Asian champion and top-ranked boxer in Paris, with a score of 0:5 (27:30, 28:29, 28:29, 27:30, 27:30).
Staneva, making her Olympic debut at 34 years old, fought well in the first round against Lin, a two-time world champion from Istanbul 2022 and New Delhi 2018....