Are they fighting each other?
Boxers previously barred from women's events will fight in Paris Olympics
Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting were disqualified from last year’s Women’s World Boxing Championships after failing gender eligibility tests.www.nbcnews.com
Where are the women's rights activists? Let's remove all the bullshit. These are 2 dudes who couldnt fight in the mens division beating up on women in the boxing ring.
Two Biological Males Allowed to Fight in Female Div. At Paris Olympics
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I think you are correct about the passport photo’s being used as the sole screen for gender eligibility. Also…They do not appear to be doing any testing for testosterone.
I copied this section from the above document that speaks further about the IOC’s stance on testosterone testing:
Why doesn’t the Framework propose a universal testosterone threshold to determine eligibility?
Some trans people will pursue gender affirming care as part of their individual transition journey. It may be reasonable to take such choices into account when assessing eligibility, such as when trans women have lowered their testosterone levels, in sports where it is established that testosterone levels are relevant to mitigating potential performance advantage. However, IFs should avoid drafting eligibility criteria in a way that may pressure or incentivise athletes to undergo medically unnecessary procedures or treatment that they would not otherwise pursue for their own gender identity, health, or wellbeing reasons. Ultimately, the Framework asks that any eligibility criteria be based on an assessment of unfair and disproportionate advantage that is informed by the specificities of a given sport/discipline/event, is supported by appropriate data, and is consistent with the Framework as a whole.
She is not transgender..she is just a better boxer player. Get over it. Also ask yourself why they allowed a dutch athelrt who was convicted of raping a minor to compete..
The racism, hypocrisy and double standards come out again. But not surprised as this is the Olympics way for years now.
This article talks some more about the IOC’s approach to gender testing:
www.nbcnewyork.com
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From the above article:
How does the Olympics test for gender qualification?
Due to the banishment of the IBA, the IOC used rules from 2016 in determining boxers’ gender eligibility.
It leaves regulations up to each sport's international governing body because "they know their sport and their discipline the best," IOC spokesman Mark Adams told reporters. "I hope we all agree that we're not calling for people to go back to the days of sex testing which was a terrible, terrible thing to do. This involves real people and we're talking about real people's lives here."
The history of sex testing at the Olympics is decades-long and practices such as invasive physical examination have been exposed as abusive. The IOC in recent years updated its policy to be more inclusive and doesn't require athletes to undergo "medically unnecessary" procedures or treatment, NBC News reported.
Several Olympic sports’ governing bodies have also updated their gender rules over the past three years, including World Aquatics, World Athletics and the International Cycling Union. The governing body for track and field also last year tightened rules on athletes with differences in sex development.
Fact Check: Olympics boxing gender testing controversy explained
Political outrage surrounding two women competing in boxing at the Paris Olympics stems from “a lot of misinformation,” an International Olympics Committee spokesperson said Friday. It all began when the IOC said Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan were allowed to compete at...
www.nbcnewyork.com
From the above article:
How does the Olympics test for gender qualification?
Due to the banishment of the IBA, the IOC used rules from 2016 in determining boxers’ gender eligibility.
It leaves regulations up to each sport's international governing body because "they know their sport and their discipline the best," IOC spokesman Mark Adams told reporters. "I hope we all agree that we're not calling for people to go back to the days of sex testing which was a terrible, terrible thing to do. This involves real people and we're talking about real people's lives here."
The history of sex testing at the Olympics is decades-long and practices such as invasive physical examination have been exposed as abusive. The IOC in recent years updated its policy to be more inclusive and doesn't require athletes to undergo "medically unnecessary" procedures or treatment, NBC News reported.
Several Olympic sports’ governing bodies have also updated their gender rules over the past three years, including World Aquatics, World Athletics and the International Cycling Union. The governing body for track and field also last year tightened rules on athletes with differences in sex development.
Lots of politics as well. Since Russia is involved in the IBA and is pissed at the IOC for criticizing the IBA.
A failed drug test gives a person an unfair advantage. I'm not saying it's the same thing, I'm saying the conclusions are the same. We are trying to catch and filter unfair advantages.
And you can't amend anything. You said what you said.
She did fail an eligibility test. They just removed the governing committee and changed to rules. It's up to the IOC to be fully transparent with full details.
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Are the attacks on Imane Khelif driven by racism and “white women’s tears?”
True but the facts available in this case seem to support the IOC decision.
Indeed. I was skeptical of the IOC also but after looking into it, the IBA make the IOC look like choir boys when it comes to corruption.
How do you figure that? They don't test for hormones with women.
They are not transgenders, they are born females with abnormalities, high testosterone for example.
The IBA cannot release the gender test due to confidentiality around personal health records. So yes there are actually test. But they cannot go into specific details. And because of this the IOC is taking advantage of the situation....
They did an actual test. But they cannot release the detailed results due to privacy around personal health records.
IOC: If you're passport says you are a woman, you are a woman.
That's their "science" behind all of this.
That's their "science" behind all of this.
