US EditionFrench women’s boxing team barred from world champs over late gender test results
The French women's boxing team missed the deadline for mandatory gender test results due to France's ban on such tests, leading to their exclusion from the World Championships.
- World Boxing confirmed several athletes missed the registration deadline, barring the French women's boxing team from the Liverpool championships due to late gender test results.
- The policy followed controversy from Paris involving Imane Khelif, Algerian boxer, and Lin Yu-ting, Taiwanese fighter, leading World Boxing to announce mandatory testing on May 30, 2025.
- France's legal ban forced tests in England, but the World Boxing-accredited laboratory failed to deliver results on time, FFBoxe said, expressing "stupefaction and indignation" on Wednesday.
- Five named French boxers were excluded from the tournament, with the Liverpool championship proceeding despite absences; French Sports Minister Marie Barsacq called the decision "inadmissible" as the BBC reported seven more athletes barred.
- Imane Khelif has taken the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, challenging World Boxing's genetic testing mandate, but earlier this week CAS dismissed her interim request while the IOC allows competitors based on passport designation.
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PARIS (AP) — Five French women boxers will miss the world championships starting on Thursday in England because of complications with new sex tests that are compulsory after a furor at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
French women’s boxing team barred from world champs over late gender test results
The French women's team have been barred from the boxing world championships because the results of their gender tests were not delivered on time in a decision the country's sports minister said on Thursday was "inadmissible". World Boxing said last month women wanting to compete in the event in Liverpool, northwest England, that started on
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The World Boxing Championship is rocked once again by controversy as missed gender tests ignite a fierce wave of outrage. The French team, still grappling with the fallout from the Imane Khelif saga, passionately condemns this latest scandal and calls for immediate accountability and tougher regulations —- Author : admin Publish date : 2025-09-05 17:44:00 [...]
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