IOC President Thomas Bach calls out ‘hate speech’ at boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting amid gender controversy
IOC president Thomas Bach said on Saturday that “hate speech” against boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yuting at the Paris Olympics was “totally unacceptable.” “We will not take part in politically motivated culture wars,” Bach said at a news conference. Algeria’s Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin have faced days of global scrutiny over their gender, with […]
IBA spars with IOC over eligibility of Olympic boxers who failed gender tests
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Controversial boxer’s next opponent ‘not scared’ for matchup: ‘I don’t care about the press’
Algerian boxer Imane Kherif advanced to the quarterfinals of the women’s 66kg division on Thursday after her opponent withdrew just 46 seconds into the bout. Kheriff faced Italian boxer Angela Carini, who said she had received the hardest punch she had ever received in her career and decided to accept defeat. Kherif has previously come […]
IOC defends Olympic boxers in gender eligibility controversy amid firestorm
The International Olympic Committee insisted on Thursday that the women’s boxing athletes “complyed with the eligibility and participation regulations of the competition, as well as all applicable medical regulations established by the Paris 2024 Boxing Unit (PBU).” The IOC statement came after Algerian boxer Imane Kherif defeated Italy’s Angela Carini by forfeit, allowing her to […]
Boxers who failed gender tests will fight women at Olympics
Two boxers are causing a stir after being allowed to compete against women at the Paris Olympics despite previously failing gender eligibility tests. Both have won gold medals against women in different international boxing tournaments. Both Algeria’s Imane Kherif and Lin Yu-ting of Chinese Taipei have been stripped of their medals at the 2023 World […]
‘Gender Ideology Will Get Women Killed!’ Two Trans Boxers Cleared to Compete as Women at Olympics
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved two boxers, Imane Kherif of Algeria and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan, to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics despite being disqualified from the women’s boxing world championships in March 2023 after being ordered to take DNA tests over concerns about their gender, reports said. The IOC announced on […]