Controversy erupts before the appearance of two boxers who failed a sex test before the World Cup

DAlgerian competitors Eman Khalif (-66 kg), Taiwanese Lin Yu-Ting (-57 kg), which will soon make its debut at these Olympic Games in the women’s boxing competition, attracts attention before jumping into the ring. The reason? They are accused of being biological men participating in a women’s competition. Specifically, Khalif debuted this Thursday (12: 20) against the Italian Angela Carini This has caused controversy in Italy. Yu Ting will be measured on Friday (15: 30) to the Uzbek turdibekova.

Both were disqualified by the International Boxing Association (IBA) from the last World Cup in New Delhi in 2023, Based on a biological study that supposedly determined that her chromosomes were X-Y (women usually have two X chromosomes, while men usually have One X chromosome and one Y). But the fact is that it is no longer the International Boxing Association that organizes the boxing competition for games, but The International Olympic Committee, which agreed to allow both boxers to fight , as it considers that both meet the eligibility criteria. On Tuesday they received permission from the Olympic body.

The IBA, headed by Russian Omar kramlev, was final at the time: “based on DNA tests, we identified several athletes who tried to deceive their teammates by pretending to be women. According to the test results, it turned out that they have z chromosomes. These athletes were excluded from the competition.”, Declar Kremlev for the Russian news agency Tass. However, In 2022, at the World Cup in Istanbul, Khalif was the runner-up And she lost only in the final against the Irish Amy Broadhurst; at the Tokyo Games she lost in the quarterfinals. For his part, Yu Ting was the world champion in 2018 and 2022 And bronze in 2019.

It should be noted that Khalif and Lynn have always competed as women and have never identified as transgender or bisexual athletes. Now the debate has begun in Italy, where the issue has exploded and both the pass government and the Italian Olympic committee (CONI) have spoken.

Italy’s reaction

Eugenia rukela, Italian minister of family, childbirth and equal opportunities From the Meloni government, he has commented: “It is surprising that there are no certain, strict and uniform standards at the international level. It is surprising that precisely at the Olympic Games, an event symbolizing sports fairness, one can doubt , and much more suspect Unequal and even risky competition for one of the contenders”.

The Olimpico Italiano (CUNY, After seeing the commotion caused by this fight, he announced that “it has been activated with the IOC (International Olympic Committee) so that the rights of all athletes are adjusted in accordance with the Olympic Charter and health regulations,” in a brief statement.