Olympic boxer in gender eligibility row hits out at ‘bullies’ as IBA doubles down

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Imane Khelif has said the backlash against her competing in the women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics “can destroy people’

An Algerian boxer in the centre of an Olympics gender eligibility row has accused those opposed to her presence at the Games of being bullies as the Russian head of the Internationalahead of her next bout on Tuesday, said she hoped that a gold medal would come out of the pain she had endured over the past week.

He criticised the Games’ opening ceremony as “something horrible for all Christians and Muslims around the world”insulted Thomas Bach, the head of the, and claimed that the tests undertaken by his doctors had found a “men’s level of testosterone” in the two boxers. Roberts said that there had been two blood tests conducted on Khelif and Lin. The first was in May 2022 and a laboratory in Istanbul had found “inconsistencies”. A further test was carried out eight months later at the world championships at which point the IBA declared the two fighters ineligible to fight in the women’s competition.Roberts said that he was unable to say more about the test results after being warned off by the organising committees of Algeria and Taiwan .

The IOC has said that both Khelif and Lin, who were registered as women at birth and held passports as females, were eligible to compete in Paris.president, Sebastian Coe, suggested that the controversy had spiralled due to a lack of clarity around the IOC’s rules.

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