Two boxers who were disqualified from last year’s Women’s World Boxing Championships for being biologically male are due to fight against women in the Paris Olympics. Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan competed in women’s competitions until the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) DNA tests revealed they had male chromosomes. The organisation has since been suspended over governance issues, and the Paris 2024 Boxing Unit allowed them to enter the Olympics. In addition, the IOC acknowledged that Lin was stripped of a bronze medal “after failing to meet eligibility requirements based on the results of a biochemical test”. IBA’s President Umar Kremlev believed the results exposed “athletes who were trying to fool their colleagues and pretend to be women”.

Source: The Guardian August 01, 2024 11:20 UTC