Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te on Sunday congratulated Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting for winning the nation’s first-ever Olympic boxing gold medal in a convincing manner despite facing “malicious attacks” from the International Boxing Association (IBA). Lin, who has been at the centre of a gender eligibility row at the Olympics along with Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, defeated Julia Szeremeta of Poland by a 5-0 unanimous decision on Saturday in the women’s 57-kilogramme (featherweight) final in Paris. “With admirable focus & discipline, she has overcome misinformation & cyberbullying, turning ad…