At a chaotic press conference in Paris, the IBA detailed tests that had been carried out on boxers who are in the middle of an Olympics controversy.
The International Boxing Association claimed during a farcical press conference in Paris on Tuesday morning that two independent sex chromosome tests prompted the disqualification of two women from the 2023 World Championships.
“We are witnessing their failure and the corruption of women’s boxing,” said Umar Kremlev, the Russian IBA president, via video link after questioning the IOC’s decision to allow the two fighters to compete. On legal advice, the IBA did not disqualify or revoke the prizemoney of the two boxers. It was advised to run another independent test to make sure the results were conclusive.
Both continued to participate in the tournament until March 26, when the IBA board voted to ratify Yerolimpos’ decision to disqualify the pair. By that stage, Lin had already won bronze. The decision to disqualify Khelif came on the same day she was meant to fight for gold against China’s Yang Liu. She wasn’t allowed to fight.
in Paris, Khelif told reporters: “I want to tell the entire world that I am a female, and I will remain a female.” Sources with knowledge of the situation, speaking under the condition of anonymity due to confidentiality agreements, said that in 2016 a south-east Asian female boxer was given a sex chromosome test. The boxer, after being informed of her results by the IBA, never returned to compete again.
“These abnormalities, we need to collaborate with a doctor. I was not in the hospital when she was born. The problem is not with Khelif – she is one very good and talented boxer – but as a doctor I need to protect the women’s category in sport.”Boxers will compete against boxers of the same gender, meaning women versus women and men versus men as per the definition of these rules.
The IBA decided that because men generated 162 per cent more power in their punches, it was unsafe for XY chromosome athletes to compete in the female category.
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