Boris Van Der Vorst defends the IOC over its handling of gender testing, as an Italian boxer quits mid-fight against Algerian Imane Khelif.
The head of the governing body that hopes to run the next Olympic boxing tournament said he supports the IOC's eligibility policies at the Paris Olympics , and he urged those without deep understandings of gender issues to entrust those determinations to medical professionals and scientists.
"I think it's very important that when people are eligible to compete here, we have to respect them," Van Der Vorst said.The now-banished International Boxing Association, which World Boxing hopes to replace, claimed both fighters failed gender eligibility tests at its 2023 world championships after both had competed in amateur boxing for many years.
Criticism of the two boxers is based partly in the policies and decisions of the IBA, which has been out of the Olympic movement since 2019 after years of IOC concerns about its leadership, integrity and financial transparency. Van Der Vorst said it's "too early" to know World Boxing's exact policies on gender identity, given the unique physical demands and dangers of boxing."But I think with a combat sport, there could be some other reasons how you are going to deal with these kinds of situations."
"But they have to finalise their policy, and the general issue is very complicated. You need to have good tests, not only the gender tests, but also the medical tests. More importantly, I think it's not up to you and I. It's up to the people who are involved in .
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