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Olympic hurdling champion Sally Pearson has weighed in on the gender storm that has erupted at the 2024 Games, saying athletes “expect and trust that we compete on a level playing field”. Algerian athlete Imane Khelif won her 66kg boxing bout over Angela Carini less than a minute into Thursday’s contest, with the Italian throwing in the towel and saying post-fight that she needed to “safeguard my life”.
The IOC is under pressure to ban XY-chromosome athletes from competing against women, but spokesperson Mark Adams said athletes taking part were “complying with competition eligibility rules”. “I hope we’re all agreed that we’re not calling for people to go back to the bad old days of sex testing, which was a terrible thing to do,” Adams said. Williamson recently fought and lost to Khelif at the Eindhoven Cup, but there was no immediate rematch after the Australian fell to defeat on Thursday.
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