April 7 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Lin ⁠Yu-ting took bronze at the Asian Boxing Elite Championships on ⁠Monday in her first competition since a gender-eligibility row overshadowed ‌her Olympic gold medal-winning performance at the 2024 Paris Games.

Lin opted not to compete in the world championships last year after governing body World Boxing announced that ​women boxers would have to undergo mandatory ⁠sex testing as part of ⁠a new eligibility policy.

The policy was introduced a year after Lin ⁠and ‌Algerian Imane Khelif both won gold in Paris amid a gender dispute.

Last month, Lin was cleared to compete in ⁠the female category by World Boxing following an appeal ​from Taiwan's federation, ‌paving the way for her return at the Asian championships ⁠in Mongolia.

The ​30-year-old, who stepped up to the 60kg division after winning Olympic gold at 57kg, lost to North Korea's Won Un Gyong in the semi-finals ⁠on Monday to finish with a bronze ​medal.

"After all, this is our first time competing in the 60kg division after the Olympics," Lin's coach Tseng Tzu-chiang told Taiwan's Central News Agency.

"The ⁠opponents' skills, strategies and styles are all new to us, so we used this opportunity to observe and learn."