The Russian-led International Boxing Association's announcement that its world championships are qualifiers for the 2024 Olympics is ‘false and misleading’ and an attempt to sabotage qualification for the Paris Games, USA Boxing said
"USA Boxing condemns in the strongest possible terms this attempt by IBA to confuse boxers from around the world, knowing full well that IBA is not associated with the International Olympic Committee nor the IOC's published qualification system," McAtee said.Boxing is not on the initial programme for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, pending reforms demanded by the IOC, which warned in December that it might also have to consider cancelling the Paris programme.
The IBA was suspended by the IOC in 2019 and stripped of involvement in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to governance, finance, refereeing and ethical issues. "IBA is, at best, incompetent. At worst, USA Boxing believes this may be an attempt to sabotage the Olympic qualification for the Paris Olympic Games," the statement added.On Sunday, Switzerland and the Netherlands joined the United States, Ireland, Britain, Czech Republic, Sweden and Canada in boycotting the women's world championships to be held in New Delhi, India's capital, over March 15-26.
"For the boxers, it's their chance to compete with the best in the world. We have been regularly communicating with the IBA and hope that the end results will be good." A qualification system approved by the IOC last September established direct qualification through regional multi-sport competitions. Two world qualification tournaments are also planned for 2024.athletes from boycotting nations can register directly for its championships and has offered to help fund them.
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