Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting each won gold in boxing at Paris 2024 - but the row over their eligibility looks set to continue.
Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting each won gold in boxing at Paris 2024 amid a global furore of whether they were eligible to compete in the women's division.
Since then they have claimed that male XY chromosomes were found in both cases. IBA President Umar Kremlin also said that the tests "show they were men". However, with the IOC currently in charge of Olympic boxing due to the dispute with the IBA, and as the controversy around Khelif and Lin has erupted, it has faced mounting pressure to come up with stricter rules of its own to protect the women's category, and ensure fairness and safety.
However, Bach also said: "If somebody is presenting us a scientifically solid system - how to identify man and woman - we're the first ones to do it. We do not like this uncertainty. So, we would be more than pleased to look into it."They added: "There are many women with higher testosterone levels than men so the idea that a test is some kind of magic bullet is not true. This is a minefield. If we can find a consensus we will certainly work to apply that.
However, because of what the IBA has claimed , this has inevitably led to speculation that they could be DSD athletes, and has renewed debate over how sports should approach the issue.- twice won Olympic 800m gold. At Rio 2016, all three medallists in the women's 800m were DSD athletes, including the winner Semenya., which now cover all track and field events in the female category.
Since then World Athletics has tightened its rules further, with DSD athletes having to have hormone-suppressing treatment for six months before being able to compete in all women's events. At its highest profile event, the IOC found itself accused of neglect, failing women and a denial of science. The turmoil has also tarnished Bach's final year in charge of the IOC before
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