Fighters from Algeria and Chinese Taipei to box this week, with Imane Khelif claiming to be the victim of a ‘big conspiracy’
The International Olympic Committee has confirmed that two boxers who were disqualified from last year’s world championships for failing gender eligibility tests will be allowed to fight in Paris.campaigns this week, with Khelif meeting the Italian Angela Carini in the 66kg category and Yu-ting expected to face an unnamed opponent in the 55kg category on Friday.
The situation has arisen because last year’s world championships was run under the auspices of the International Boxing Association, whose president Igor Kremlev told the Russian news agency, Tass, that DNA tests had “proved they had XY chromosomes and were thus excluded from the sports events.
In a statement the IOC said: “The PBU used the Tokyo 2020 boxing rules as a baseline to develop its regulations. Those rules descended from the Rio 2016 rules. The PBU endeavoured to restrict amendments to minimise the impact on athletes’ preparation and guaranteeing consistency between Olympic Games.”However the IOC’s own MyInfo website does acknowledge that both boxers failed gender eligibility tests last year.
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