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International Olympics Committee Decries “Witch Hunt” As Boxing Gender Row Continues: “This Is A Minefield”
Fierce debate around the eligibility rules for the women’s boxing competitions at the Olympics continued to dominate media coverage on Friday.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is under fire after Italy’s Angela Carini abandoned her boxing match against Algeria ’s Imane Khelif Thursday 46 seconds after it started, citing fears for her life. The body, which is boycotting the 2024 Olympics over a failure to agree on gender tests, said Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting had failed to meet the eligibility criteria for participating in the women’s competition. A raft of high-profile names including JK Rowling and Elon Musk have expressed outrage on social media, suggesting Khelif is male, even though this charge has repeatedly been dismissed as false information.
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