The IOC's decision to allow the entry of two athletes, that are said to have failed gender eligibility tests, has proved controversial.
Algeria's Imane Khelif and Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting have been cleared to compete at the Paris Olympics despite being disqualified from last year's World Championships after they were said to have failed gender eligibility tests.
"This is not a transgender case. There has been some confusion that somehow it's a man fighting a woman, this is just not the case. On that there is consensus, scientifically this is not a man fighting a woman." She made her Olympic debut at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. Fighting in the 60kg lightweight division, Khelif was beaten 5-0 at the quarter-final stage by Ireland's eventual gold-medallist Kellie Harrington.
The Italian boxer, who said she had to "preserve her life" following the abandoned bout, has since apologised to her opponent. According to the IBA's regulations: "Boxers will compete against boxers of the same gender, meaning Women vs Women and Men vs Men as per the definitions of these Rules." Unlike previous Games, boxing at the Tokyo Olympics was organised by the International Olympic Committee rather than the IBA.
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