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Olympic Officials Defend Fighters' Eligibility in Women's Boxing ...


Olympic Officials Defend Fighters' Eligibility in Women's Boxing ...

Online fury and unclear rules have left organizers of the women's boxing competition in Paris facing complex questions about fairness in women's sports.

Olympics 2024 | IOC defends fighters' eligibility in women's boxing ...

Olympics 2024 | IOC defends fighters' eligibility in women's boxing controversy · Adams stressed at a news conference that Khelif and Lin are not ...

What to know about the gender controversy sweeping Olympic boxing

Women's boxing is at the center of the latest Olympics controversy as critics take issue with the participation of two athletes — Imane Khelif ...

A Chaotic News Conference Offers Little Clarity on a Boxing Dispute

Two Olympians whose eligibility to compete as women at the Paris Games has come under scrutiny will fight for medals on Tuesday.

Olympic officials address gender eligibility as boxers prepare to fight

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan both were disqualified from the 2023 women's boxing world championships when they reportedly failed ...

Olympic boxers reignite debate over inclusion in women's sports

In 2023, Khelif, along with an Olympic boxer from Taiwan, had been disqualified from the International Boxing Association world championships.

IBA Tried to Defend Gender Claims About Olympic Boxers | TIME

The International Boxing Association (IBA) held a press conference in Paris about the sports' gender controversy at the Olympics.

Boxer gender eligibility: Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting row explained

The body that oversaw that 2023 event is the International Boxing Association (IBA), and it says both fighters failed gender eligibility tests.

IOC Defends Female Boxers After Right-Wing Gender Outrage

The International Olympic Committee defended its decision to allow two female boxers—Algeria's Imane Khelif and Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting—to compete ...

Boxer previously barred from women's events wins fight after ...

A female boxer whose gender identity has recently been questioned won her first fight at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Imane Khelif of Algeria ...

Never any doubt boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting are women ...

Olympic officials have repeatedly defended the inclusion of Algerian fighter Imane Khelif and Taiwan's Lin Yu-Ting in female boxing events ...

Joint Paris 2024 Boxing Unit/IOC Statement - Olympics

As with previous Olympic boxing competitions, the gender and age of the athletes are based on their passport. These rules also applied during ...

For Paris Olympics organizers, female designation in passport key ...

The International Olympic Committee has defended the right of two athletes to compete in women's boxing despite being judged last year to ...

Algeria's Imane Khelif, ensnared in political controversy, will box for ...

A boxing federation claims Khelif failed two unspecified gender tests in recent years. Olympic officials say the tests were illegitimate.

IOC defends Olympic boxers in gender eligibility controversy amid ...

The International Olympic Committee defended two boxers involved in a gender controversy amid one fighter's win on Thursday, which sparked ...

IBA reaffirms the position and removal of boxers from all events ...

IBA reaffirms the position and removal of boxers from all events, aims to protect female boxers, and condemns both the International Olympic ...

Olympics Women's Boxing Controversy Misses the Mark

The Paris 2024 Boxing Unit relied on the IBA's eligibility requirements, drafted after the 2016 Rio Games, which had allowed Khelif and Lin to ...

Paris Olympics 2024: IOC defends gender policy after female boxer ...

IOC officials have been forced to defend their gender position on athletes after Algerian boxer Imane Khelif took to the ring in a first-round bout against ...

Olympic boxing controversy sparks fierce debate about women's ...

... fight as women in the Paris Olympics ... boxing, they are entirely eligible and they are women on their passports.

IBA gender tests on two boxers were flawed and illegitimate, says IOC

PARIS, Aug 4 (Reuters) - The gender tests conducted by the International Boxing Association (IBA) on two female fighters at last year's ...