Imane Khelif's controversial victory at the 2024 Paris Olympics

The Italian Angela Carin He withdrew from his round of 16 match at the Paris 2024 Olympics after 46 secondsafter receiving two strong blows from the Algerian boxer Imane Khelifwho was Disqualified from 2023 World Boxing Championships after failing gender testwhich determined that she had “competitive advantages over other female competitors.”

This test was carried out by the International Boxing Association (IBA)which is not organizing the boxing competition at the Paris Olympics after being previously suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for financial irregularities and in the refereeing of fights.

Therefore, the regulatory body for boxing at the Olympic Games is Boxing Task Force (BTF)created by the IOC, which did allow both athletes to compete in Paris 2024 Imane Khelif as the Taiwanese Lin Yu-ting.

“On March 24, 2023, the IBA disqualified athletes Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khelif from the 2023 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi.. This disqualification was due to the fact that they did not meet the eligibility criteria to participate in the women’s competition, as set out in the IBA Regulations,” the body explained.

“This decision, taken after a meticulous review, was extremely important and necessary. to maintain the level of impartiality and maximum integrity of the competition“the IBA added in a statement issued on Thursday.

“It should be noted that the athletes did not undergo a testosterone test, but rather an independent and recognized test, the details of which are kept confidential. This test conclusively indicated that Both athletes did not meet the necessary eligibility criteria and were found to have competitive advantages over other female competitors.”, he added.

Due to this confidentiality, the results were not made public, but various Russian media reported that both boxersThey have XY chromosomes, typical of men, and not XX, like women.

The disqualification of both was based on tests carried out in 2022 and 2023 and was not appealed until the end by either Imane Khelif or Lin Yu-ting, so, according to the IBA, the decision is “legally binding.”

“Lin Yu-ting did not appeal the IBA decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), making the decision legally binding,” it said, while “Imane Khelif initially appealed the decision to CAS but withdrew the appeal during the process, which also made the IBA decision legally binding,” the body said in a statement.

However, the IOC authorized them to compete in the Olympic Games, which sparked controversy on Thursday after the staging of a Imane Khelif, who had already secured her Olympic place by winning the 2022 African Championships.

His debut at the Olympic Games, in the 66 kilogram category, It lasted 46 seconds, which was what Italian boxer Angela Carin endured before withdrawing with clear signs of pain after receiving two blows.

A decision to withdraw from the fight that the rest of the boxers could follow, as is said, According to EFE, in several delegations.

For the moment, the Algerian boxer’s next fight is scheduled for Saturday, August 3 at 17:22 CEST (-2 GMT) against the Hungarian. Anna Luca Hamori, corresponding to the quarter-finals.

Taiwanese Lin Yu-ting will make her debut against Uzbek Turdibekova on Friday at 3:30 p.m. in the round of 16.

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