Lin Yu-ting, who, along with Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, was involved in a gender controversy at the Paris Olympics, was set to compete in the World Boxing Cup Finals in Sheffield, starting Wednesday. Lin, who along with Algerian boxer Imane Khelif was embroiled in a gender row at the Paris Olympics, was due to compete in the World Boxing Cup …
Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer and gold medallist at Paris Olympics 2024, is making headlines again but this time for another reason. The gender row was triggered after the International Boxing Association barred Imane Khelif and Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting from participating in the World Boxing Championship in 2023 due to the presence of XY chromosomes. Despite being a victim of …
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But senior sources within the sport in Britain say the IOC has only itself to blame for hanging the pair out to dry. With so much at stake, the IOC is now nakedly attempting to undermine the IBA’s gender tests on the two boxers. Last weekend, when Telegraph Sport was among the first outlets to report on the two cases, …