The International Boxing Association (IBA) said that it would file a complaint against the International Olympic Committee (IOC), concerning the fights of Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting during the 2024 Games.
Khelif of Algeria and Taiwan linen have each won a gold medal in boxing in Paris, but their victories were overshadowed by a gender row, IBA claiming that the fighters had failed the tests of eligibility between the sexes at the 2022 World Championships.
The IBA previously supervised Olympic boxing, but was abandoned by the IOC before the 2020 games in Tokyo. The IOC, which organized Olympic boxing in Tokyo and created the Paris boxing unit last summer, separated from IBA on the concerns related to finance and organizational ties with Russia , and due to fears of corruption.
While Khelif and Lin were born and grew up as women and have never identified themselves as transgender or intersex, the IOC is now confronted with a judicial challenge of the IBA, which says that it was caused by a decree Executive of American President Donald Trump.
According to the order to “keep the men of men” of Trump: “It will be the policy of the United States to oppose the competitive male participation in female sports, in matters of security, equity, dignity and truth […] Many specific sporting organs have no official position or requirement concerning trans-identifying athletes. Others allow men to compete in the categories of women if these men reduce testosterone in their bodies below certain levels or provide documentation of “sincerely owned” gender identity. These policies are unfair to female athletes and do not protect female security. »»
An IBA declaration published Monday (February 10) read: “[The] IBA is proud to be the only international federation committed to protecting the rights of athletes from around the world and maintaining the integrity of female sports. The president of the executive of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, “ keeping men outside female sports ” proves that IBA has remained firm, rightly protecting women’s boxers from unfair competition.
“In light of the gender eligibility problems surrounding boxers in 2022 and 2023, the IBA carried out all the necessary tests in a proactive manner and subsequently prohibited individuals deemed not eligible to participate in women’s competitions. Despite the notification of the CIO of the disqualification of Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting, the IOC ignored this critical information, allowing the two athletes to participate in qualifications and, finally, at the 2024 Olympic Games, where they obtained some Gold medals, refusing opportunities to deserve the female athletes of desertion of 2024, where they obtained gold medals, refusing the opportunities to deserve female athletes. .
“Consequently, the IBA filed an official complaint with the Attorney General in Switzerland, Mr. Stefan Blattler, concerning the actions of the IOC which facilitated the participation of these ineligible athletes in the 2024 Olympic boxing tournament in Paris.” While Khelif and Lin have failed the IBA sex eligibility tests, the IOC judged the two boxers eligible to participate in the Olympic Games.
The IBA declaration continued: “According to Swiss law, any action or inaction which presents a security risk for the participants in the competition justifies an investigation and can serve as a reason for criminal proceedings. In addition, similar complaints must be filed with prosecutors of France and the United States. The IOC is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The president of IBA, Umar Kremlev, added: “[The] IBA will provide free full legal legal support to our boxers in these prosecution, because it is a clear violation of human rights, an outrage towards females, and simply a crime which should be punished in consequence. In my opinion, [IOC president] Thomas Bach should assume full responsibility, because he was in charge when this happened, and he must compensate for the damage caused, if the court or any other instance the rule. “”
A CIO spokesman said The independent: “This IBA declaration is only another example of [the] The IBA campaign against the IOC, which has been underway since their recognition has been withdrawn by the IOC for questions related to governance, judgment and arbitration – as well as questions concerning their finances.
“Here are the facts: the two female athletes mentioned by [the] IBAs are not transgender athletes. They were born as women, were raised as women and participated in the female category for all their boxing careers, including in previous international competitions such as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, when the two have not won a medal. They also participated in the IBA World World Championships and tournaments sanctioned by IBA before becoming victims of a sudden and arbitrary decision of IBA. Towards the end of the IBA World Championships in 2023, they were disqualified, without any regular procedure.
“None of the athletes had a perfect track in Paris. Lin Yu-Ting, for example, lost its latest fight before arriving in Paris. None of the athletes deserved the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where Imane Khelif was beaten in the quarterfinals by unanimous decision. Lin Yu-Ting lost his first fight in the round of 16.
“In their career, Yu-Ting has won only one of the 40 fights by RSC (3%) and Khelif won five of the 37 (14%). In comparison, other successful boxers arrived in Paris after winning up to 28% of their career fights and 33% of their most recent fights by RSC. These data are relevant when evaluating the question of whether Yu-Ting and Khelif had an increased performance advantage and / or a security risk compared to other successful boxers in the women’s category. »»