Imane Khelif: Boxing boss says Olympics is 'destroying women's sports'

Imane Khelif, one of the boxers at the centre of a gender row at the Paris Olympics, has guaranteed herself a medal at the Paris games.

It comes as the president of the International Boxing Federation told Sky News that both Khelif and fellow Olympic boxer, Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting had failed to meet gender eligibility criteria at last year's World Championships.

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[findingstyle]

if they are XY then this is without question wrong no matter how they were raised.

[superkiwistar]

sets women's rights back a century

[paulbrinsley]

At least Putin knows the difference between a man and a woman ....

[Anon-trxn]

There is an easy solution, do a gender test. Why won't the IOC just do that?

[Zizou]

Few months ago they say Algeria Muslim country they don’t respect lgbt now they tell us our women boxer transgender funny world

[azboomstickco]

They should put that boxer in the ring with a man and see how that works.

[tangfastic]

Why mention Russia, but not mention xy chromosomes?

[PaddyMan]

Men are allowed to fight women in the stage. What a shame.

[christopherjones]

Women need to completely pull out of all Boxing . All women need to do this together . NOW . DONT LET THIS GO ANY FURTHER

[glampreda]

This is just a disgusting display of the world complying to abusing women.

[JoshPorts]

Why are your comments turned off on the UK protest?

[graemedrummond]

Any man who is bottom of the ladder in mens sport can now just change their gender and be number 1 in the womans sport. Woman who have trained since they were 4/5 years old and sacrificed so much to be the best woman in their field.to have that taken away and having no choice but to compete against a man is wrong.

[cashreliance]

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Taiwan's double world champion Lin Yu-ting were cleared to compete at the Paris Olympics despite having been disqualified during the 2023 World Championships after the IBA said they had failed a gender eligibility test.

[gb]

"Float like a Butterfly. Sting like a He." - Imane Khelif and Li Yu-Ting, 2024.

[skull_stone]

People can be who they choose, but women have long experienced persecution at the hands of men, and we are doing it again, but under a new flag called gender identity. To keep things fair and equal, the approach should be simple: provide people who identify differently than they were born, their own sector in sports like men and women do.

[fredzep]

What's right is right, but this situation is all wrong...

[Nancy-pxhn]

Khelif doesn't deserve a medal. He should be ashamed of himself and should not accept a medal. This whole fiasco is despicable!

[nadianelson]

What happens if he takes of his pants? What will we find?

[Bubble_squeeky]

This signals the end for women in sport. Nothing against Khelif or Lin but there needs to be strict rules with testosterone levels. Khelif is not a straight forward female, so she has an unfair advantage over other women. She should not be allowed to compete. And before people start saying she has a right.. she does not. Same way if a jockey weighs too much they are disqualified

[arondebreceni]

They have excluded Russia, made a mess of the Olympics and cynically disregard people's opinions.
Why is this possible?