IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said all the boxers in Paris met eligibility criteria - with gender and age 'based on their passport'.
Sports presenter Laura Woods has said she received death threats after she commented on the gender row involving Olympic boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting. Earlier this week Woods supported an article which questioned the International Olympic Committee's decision to allow Khelif and Yu-ting, who both won gold in their events, to compete. The article claimed allowing Khelif and Yu-ting to compete was not 'fair' and placed women in 'unnecessary danger'.
Algerian boxer Khelif and Taiwanese boxer Yu-ting were banned from the world championships last year, with the International Boxing Association saying they failed gender eligibility tests. However, the IOC said the decision was 'sudden and arbitrary' and the tests were majorly flawed. It banned the IBA over governance issues, alleged corruption and ties to Russia. Woods referenced 'test results' in her post on social media.
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