In a chaotic press conference in Paris, the President of the IBA Umar Kremlev launched a furious rant and doubling down on claims about Imane Khelif and Lin-Yu ting
The head of the International Boxing Association launched a furious rant insisting the two female fighters at the heart of the Olympics gender row are men.
Khelif and Yu-ting are both guaranteed at least a bronze, but in an astonishing address Kremlev backed their belief that the two should not be allowed to compete. READ MORE: UFC fans fear for Conor McGregor's fighting future after latest public appearance "We got the test results that they allowed us to make and these test results show they have high levels of testosterone, like men," Kremlev said.
The IBA insist they had sent the findings to World Anti-Doping Agency , who subsequently explained they do not oversee gender tests. “I can’t speak for her but she will box and she will fight and this isn’t fair, what’s happened, for any athlete. All the athletes have to support her and feel what she feels right now. All the world is against us, it’s not correct.”
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