Olympics Committee Defends its Decision to Allow Two Boxers with Male DNA to Compete at Women’s Boxing: “Every Person Has the Right to Practice Sport Without Discrimination”
Taiwanese Lin Yu-Ting and Italian Angela Carini (Credit: Getty Images)
The Olympics is marred with controversy after allowing two boxers —Taiwanese Lin Yu-Ting and Italian Angela Carini— who have been disqualified by the International Boxing Association (IBA) for failing gender eligibility tests, to compete in the women’s category at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
During the Olympic boxing qualifiers, Lin Yu-Ting decisively defeated Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova with a 3-0 scoreline, while Angela Carini ended her bout against Algeria’s Imane Khelif in just 46 seconds.
Both victories have drawn intense scrutiny given that both athletes were previously disqualified from the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi due to their failure to meet eligibility criteria.
The IBA has made it clear that these athletes possess competitive advantages over their female counterparts,
