The International Boxing Association (IBA) plans to file criminal complaints against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in the United States, France, and Switzerland, alleging that allowing transgender women boxers to compete and win gold medals in Paris last year poses a safety risk. The IBA cites a U.S. executive order by President Trump on transgender athletes as justification for the complaints. The boxing body also promises legal aid to women boxers who want to sue IOC president Thomas Bach and other officials.
The International Boxing Association are ready to file criminal complaints against the International Olympic Committee in the United States, France and Switzerland. The Swiss-based IOC allowing women boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting to compete and win gold medals in Paris last year “may serve as grounds for criminal prosecution”, the IBA claimed in a statement.
Trump has signed an executive order, titled Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports, which aims to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports. The next Summer Games come to Los Angeles in July 2028, during Trump’s presidential term, and he urged the IOC last week to change everything “having to do with this absolutely ridiculous subject”. The IOC has been approached for comment.
TRANSGENDER ATHLETES INTERNATIONAL BOXING ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE WOMEN's SPORTS LEGAL ACTION
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