IBA: Lin Yu-ting, Imane Khelif failed the chromosome test and was disqualified from competing with biological women.
The International Boxing Association (IBA) deemed Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan and Imane Khelif of Algeria ineligible to compete in the women’s category after they failed the gender chromosome test. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach dissented and said, “Boxers Khelif and Lin are women with every right to compete at the Olympics.”
Laboratory tests
The IBA Board of Directors reiterated that 2023 lab results showed male karyotypes (XY chromosomes) for the boxers, identifying them as male and disqualifying them from women’s events.
DR. FILIPPATOS: Protect women’s category
Dr. Ioannis Filippatos, EUBC President, stated, “As a doctor, I need to protect the women’s category.” Despite this, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has allowed Yu-Ting and Khelif to compete as females.
The IBA also dismissed rumors about their high testosterone levels, stating that no such test was conducted. The disqualification was based on chromosome tests. (Read the decision: IBA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes)
As a doctor, I need to protect the women’s category.
TRANSGENDER ATHLETE IN SPORTS.
The Paris Olympic Committee allows disqualified boxers
Despite the IBA’s findings, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has allowed both athletes to compete against biological females. It maintains that Yu-ting and Khelif are women, saying that the IBA gender tests were flawed and illegitimate. [Reuters]
According to the DailyWire, Chris Roberts, CEO of the IBA, stated that Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khelif were informed of their test results and could appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The IBA offered to cover most of the appeal costs, but Yu-ting chose not to, and Khelif withdrew her initial appeal.
OIC effectively expells IBO
OIC President Thomas Bach said, “They were born as women, and there was never any doubt about them being women.” The IOC was expelled for making an “arbitrary decision.” [Reuters]
Speculation suggesting that the two boxers were transgender was unfounded, and officials from Algeria and Taiwan affirmed they were born as biological women.
