US EditionWhy is Imane Khelif at the Center of Olympic Eligibility Controversy
- The International Boxing Association reported that both fighters involved in the 2023 event failed gender eligibility tests.
- The International Olympic Committee criticized the reliability of these tests, suggesting a politically motivated cultural war is occurring.
- The IOC affirmed support for any athlete who qualifies and meets the eligibility criteria set by their international federation.
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The Imane Khelif controversy lays bare an outrage machine fueled by lies
Khelif became a target of the right over a phony gender eligibility controversy at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She's been abused on social media despite the International Olympic Committee stating there’s no doubt she's a woman.
The Algerian won after the abandonment of the Italian Angela Carini on Thursday, August 1st, who had 'too bad'. Hyperandrogenic, the boxer found herself harassed by reactionaries from around the world, including the far-right Italian politician who did not digest the defeat of his fellow citizen.
IOC: Tests that called into question boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting ‘not legitimate’
Olympics organizers said Sunday that arbitrary testing imposed on boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting that led to a storm of vitriol misidentifying the women as transgender or men was “so flawed that it’s impossible to engage with it.”
Paris Olympics 2024: IOC Declares IBA's Fender Tests on Female Boxers Invalid
The International Olympic Committee said the gender tests conducted by the International Boxing Association on two female fighters at last year's world championships that led to their disqualification were illegitimate and lacked credibility.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) stated on Sunday that the arbitrary tests carried out on boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting, which caused a controversy by mistakenly identifying the two boxers as transgender - or even as men, were 'so flawed that they cannot be taken into account'. The IOC spokesman, Mark Adams, vigorously defended the Algerian Khelif and the Taiwanese Lin, and criticized the banned International Boxing Association (A…
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