Questions about Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who is at the center of an Olympics gender controversy, were at the forefront of an IOC press conference Friday.
The International Olympic Committee defended Imane Khelif once again Friday during a press conference as a gender controversy involving the Algerian boxer engulfs the Paris Games.after just 46 seconds for being struck so hard, the IOC was bombarded with questions about the Albanian athlete, who failed a gender eligibility test in 2023.
“This woman has competed for a very, very long time in women’s sport against many components, in fact, against Italian boxers and lost twice in the last couple of years I think. So, if you start working on all suspicions, then we end up heading towards a gender testing regime, which is not good for anybody.”Olympic swimmer Tamara Potocka collapses after race in scary scene
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