Posted on 08/01/2024 11:22:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
My colleague Grayson Bakich covered the original controversy surrounding a biological male who failed a gender test at the 2023 World Boxing Championships being allowed to compete in the Olympics as a female.
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif was eligible to fight as a female because the rules under which he was eligible to compete as a woman were formulated in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
The confusion is a result of a bureaucratic war between the Russian Federation and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The different status of Lin and Khelif at the Olympics and worlds is fallout from the years-long dispute between the IOC and the Russian-led IBA over alleged failures of governance and integrity, plus reliance on funding from state energy firm Gazprom.
The IOC has appointed officials to run boxing at two straight Summer Games and acknowledged Monday the tournament rules for Paris are “descended from” those in place eight years ago at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
The officials chosen to run Paris qualifying and finals tournaments tried “to restrict amendments to minimize the impact on athletes’ preparation and guaranteeing consistency between Olympic Games,” the IOC said.
In other words, we don't know what we're doing.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
Toughen up and don’t pout and cry at the end. Train harder and longer instead.
Islam doesn’t believe in genetics. They only believe the pieces parts.
Which is irrelevant to the determination of the sex of the boxer, as well as being irrelevant as to the fairness of the fight.
I didn’t know trans-identifying men boxed women in 2023 Olympics. I just got in argument with trans-identifying relative who maintains trans-identifying boxer has XXY genes. I said I don’t trust his opinion. Now I have to look that up.
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