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Boxer Imane Khelif takes legal action over medical claims after Olympic row

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4 months ago

Algerian boxing that’s home to Imane Khelif joins global body trying to save Olympic status

Associated Press

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Algerian boxing federation that is home to Olympic champion Imane Khelif on Tuesday joined the World Boxing group that wants to save the sport’s place at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The International Olympic Committee has set a deadline of early next year for a credible governing body to be in place after years of turmoil …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

French prosecutors investigating online harassment of Olympic boxing gold medalist Imane Khelif

New York Times

French prosecutors opened an investigation into a complaint made by Algerian boxer and Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif about online harassment over her gender and presence at the Paris Games. The OCLCH confirmed it is responsible for the investigation but said it could not provide a copy of the complaint “in view of the confidentiality of the investigation.” On Sunday, …

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5 months ago

Lin Yu Ting ‘shut myself off’ from outside noise amid gender eligibility row

The Independent

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5 months ago

Olympic champion gender row boxer Imane Khelif files harassment complaint into 'digital lynching' amid dispute about whether gold medal winner is actually female

Daily Mail

Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer at the centre of a gender dispute at the Paris Olympics, has filed a formal legal complaint with French prosecutors urging them to investigate online harassment. Imane Khelif celebrates with her gold medal after winning the women's welterweight boxing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games amid a storm of controversy Khelif took the gold after …

China Gender Medal Harassment Gold Online Olympic

5 months ago

Who is Lin Yu‑ting? Taiwan’s Olympic boxer who failed a gender eligibility test

The Independent

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5 months ago

Boxing group answers some questions but raises many more about tests on Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting

Associated Press

PARIS — The International Boxing Association raised new questions while struggling to answer others Monday at a shambolic news conference about the opaque eligibility tests that led the Olympics-banned governing body to abruptly suspend Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting from last year’s world championships, a decision that has fueled online abuse against the women during the Paris Games. That appears …

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5 months ago

Olympic boxer Imane Khelif is a woman and has always been a woman (no matter what JK Rowling says)

The Independent

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5 months, 1 week ago

Boxer Amy Broadhurst, who beat Imane Khelif at 2022 World Championship, speaks out about Olympic gender controversy

The Independent

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5 months, 1 week ago

Angela Carini to be awarded prize money by IBA despite Olympic loss to Imane Khelif

The Independent

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Olympic Paris Ioc Iba Khelif Imane Khelif Carini

5 months, 1 week ago

IOC leader says ‘hate speech’ directed at Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting at Olympics is unacceptable

Associated Press

PARIS — IOC President Thomas Bach said the “hate speech” directed at boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting at the Paris Olympics is “totally unacceptable.” “We will not take part in a politically motivated … cultural war,” Bach said at a news briefing Saturday at the midway point of the Paris Games, where he wanted to draw a line under …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Women's world champion DEFENDS Olympics boxers at center of gender controversy after fighting them both

Daily Mail

Women's featherweight world champion Skye Nicolson has defended the boxers at the center of the Olympics gender row and accused people of 'jumping on the bandwagon without knowing all the details.' The two female fighters were cleared to compete in the women's category in Paris despite being thrown out of last year's world championships after tests allegedly proved they contain …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Savannah Marshall speaks out on Olympic boxing controversy

Daily Mail

She beat Carini within 46 seconds and her victory has been hugely controversial Savannah Marshall has slammed the International Olympic Committee and called for clarity after women's boxing left the Paris Olympics shrouded in controversy on Thursday. Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defeated Angela Carini in the opening round of the women's welterweight event in Paris after her Italian opponent abandoned …

Olympics World Paris Ioc Iba Khelif Marshall

5 months, 1 week ago

First Imane Khelif... next, Lin Yu-ting: ANOTHER boxer set to fight at Paris Olympics despite failed gender tests

Daily Mail

The gender row engulfing boxing at the Paris Olympics isn't going to settle anytime soon, with another boxer who has failed eligibility tests scheduled to fight on Friday. Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan, a two-time world champion, will follow Imane Khelif in competing at her second Olympics when she fights Sitora Turdibekova of Uzbekistan in the 57-kilogram category. Both Khelif and …

Olympics World Gender Fight Olympic Lin Paris

5 months, 1 week ago

For Paris Olympics organizers, female designation in passport key for boxers after world champs DQs

Associated Press

PARIS — Female in their passports, female at the Paris Olympics. The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday defended the right of two athletes to compete in women’s boxing despite being judged last year to have failed gender eligibility tests at the world championships. “Everyone competing in the women’s category is complying with the competition eligibility rules,” IOC spokesman Mark Adams …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Two boxers competing at Olympics despite failing gender test at World Championships

The Independent

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Olympics Olympic Lin Ioc Iba Khelif World Championships

5 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Two boxers who failed gender tests at World Championships cleared for Games

The Hindu

Two boxers who were disqualified from last year’s World Championships for failing gender eligibility tests are eligible to compete at the Paris Olympics, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday. Algeria’s Imane Khelif was disqualified hours before her gold medal bout at the women’s World Championships in New Delhi last year after she failed to meet the International Boxing Association’s …

Olympic Paris Ioc Iba World Championships Championships Cleared

1 year, 1 month ago

Payal, Akansha, Nisha - Meet India’s gold medallists at junior boxing World Championship 2023

The Hindu

India got a glimpse of it’s latest batch of boxers at the IBA junior World Championships that concluded in Armenia this week. He had a friend who’s son was training as a boxer so my father decided to put me in that,” says Akansha who started training with coach Brij Mohan at Najafgarh’s BM boxing academy. CHAMPIONS 💥😍 Presenting our …

India Sport Delhi Indian Gold Olympic Championships

1 year, 3 months ago

Asian Games: Minefield of a draw for world champion Nikhat Zareen

Hindustan Times

World champion Nikhat Zareen will have to fight her toughest competitor Thi Tam Nguyen of Vietnam in the first round of the Asian Games on Sunday. Nikhat Zareen beat Patricia Alvarez 5-0 to seal the quarter-finals spot in the 50kg weight category of the Women's Boxing World Championships on Tuesday Blame it on the draw made by the Boxing Task …

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1 year, 8 months ago

IBA World Boxing Championships: Deepak Stuns Olympic Medallist to Storm into Pre-quarters, Hussamuddin Enters Last-eight

News 18

Indian pugilist Deepak stunned Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist and 2021 World Champion Saken Bibossinov on Sunday to reach the pre-quarterfinals at the IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships, while Hussamuddin also registered a victory to advance to the quarter-finals. Sumit faced Russia’s Pavel Sosulin in his first bout at the ongoing IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships and made a bright start. …

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1 year, 8 months ago

IBA Boxing World Championships: Narender storms into pre-quarters; Govind, Deepak advance

The Hindu

Asian medalists Govind Sahani, Deepak Bhoria and Narender Berwal won their respective bouts, while Shiva Thapa crashed out of the World boxing championships in Tashkent on Thursday. He will face top-seeded World champion and Olympic bronze medallist top seed Saken Bibossinov Kazakhstan in the round of 32. Narender overcame a tough opponent, also an Asian bronze medallist Tajikistan’s Muhammad Abroridinov, …

Deepak Shiva Sahani Round Narender

1 year, 8 months ago

New organisation World Boxing hopes to save sport’s Olympic status

The Independent

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1 year, 9 months ago

World Women’s Boxing Championships: Ready to throw some punches

The Hindu

There has been a lot of unwanted attention on the World Women’s Boxing Championships to be held in New Delhi from March 15 to 26. It’s driven, firstly, by the boycott by several prominent countries after permission had been granted to Russian and Belarusian boxers to compete under their national flags; secondly, by the International Boxing Association’s tussle with the …

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2 years, 8 months ago

12th IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships: Mixed Draw for Indian Boxers; Lovlina Borgohain to Begin Campaign on Opening Day

News 18

On Sunday, the Indian pugilists were handed a mixed draw in the 12th edition of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships to be held in Istanbul from May 8 to 20. Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain will kickstart India’s campaign on Monday but she got a tough draw as she will be up against the former world champion Chen …

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Boxer Imane Khelif takes legal action over medical claims after Olympic row

Algerian boxing that’s home to Imane Khelif joins global body trying to save Olympic status

French prosecutors investigating online harassment of Olympic boxing gold medalist Imane Khelif

Lin Yu Ting ‘shut myself off’ from outside noise amid gender eligibility row

Olympic champion gender row boxer Imane Khelif files harassment complaint into 'digital lynching' amid dispute about whether gold medal winner is actually female

Who is Lin Yu‑ting? Taiwan’s Olympic boxer who failed a gender eligibility test

Boxing group answers some questions but raises many more about tests on Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting

Olympic boxer Imane Khelif is a woman and has always been a woman (no matter what JK Rowling says)

Boxer Amy Broadhurst, who beat Imane Khelif at 2022 World Championship, speaks out about Olympic gender controversy

Angela Carini to be awarded prize money by IBA despite Olympic loss to Imane Khelif

IOC leader says ‘hate speech’ directed at Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting at Olympics is unacceptable

Women's world champion DEFENDS Olympics boxers at center of gender controversy after fighting them both

Savannah Marshall speaks out on Olympic boxing controversy

First Imane Khelif... next, Lin Yu-ting: ANOTHER boxer set to fight at Paris Olympics despite failed gender tests

For Paris Olympics organizers, female designation in passport key for boxers after world champs DQs

Two boxers competing at Olympics despite failing gender test at World Championships

Paris 2024 Olympics: Two boxers who failed gender tests at World Championships cleared for Games

Payal, Akansha, Nisha - Meet India’s gold medallists at junior boxing World Championship 2023

Asian Games: Minefield of a draw for world champion Nikhat Zareen

IBA World Boxing Championships: Deepak Stuns Olympic Medallist to Storm into Pre-quarters, Hussamuddin Enters Last-eight

IBA Boxing World Championships: Narender storms into pre-quarters; Govind, Deepak advance

New organisation World Boxing hopes to save sport’s Olympic status

World Women’s Boxing Championships: Ready to throw some punches

12th IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships: Mixed Draw for Indian Boxers; Lovlina Borgohain to Begin Campaign on Opening Day