Two boxers who were banned from the world championships for being deemed biologically male have been cleared to compete at the Olympics as women.
A row has erupted in Paris after it emerged that Imane Khelif, of Algeria, and Lin Yu-Ting, of Taiwan, were thrown out of the tournament last year amid questions over their biological sex.
But IOC bosses said both meet eligibility criteria and will box over the coming days.
Northern Ireland great Barry McGuigan described the situation as ‘shocking’, while a former Olympian claimed that gender ideology ‘will get women KILLED’.
The pair were disqualified from the Women’s World Boxing Championships in March 2023 in New Delhi, after a series of DNA tests were ordered amid concerns over the sex of some of those taking part.
At the time Umar Kremlev, president of the International Boxing Association (IBA), claimed the tests had proven the athletes – including Khelif and Yu-Ting – had ‘XY chromosomes’.
He added that they ‘uncovered athletes who were trying to fool their colleagues and pretend to be women’.
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