US EditionParis boxing gender row was product of Russian fake news, says IOC President Thomas Bach
- The President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, labeled accusations by the International Boxing Association regarding gender controversy as ῾fake news῾ from Russia.
- The International Boxing Association accused the IOC of allowing two female athletes to compete despite bans stemming from chromosome tests.
- Bach stated that the dispute over the boxers was a non-issue, as they have competed as women for years without problems.
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The boxer who became Olympic champion this summer in Paris had been the victim of misogynistic cyber-harassment based on false accusations about her gender. Personalities such as Elon Musk or J.K. Rowling had questioned the criteria that allowed her to be selected for the Games.
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The IOC President accuses Moscow of having broadcast "fake news", the international boxing federation, led by a close friend of the Kremlin, opposed the participation of two hyperandrogenous boxers.
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