MMA star Israel Adesanya issues public apology to Olympic boxer Imane Khelif admitting he 'got that wrong'
at the Paris Olympics alongside Taiwan's Lin Yu-Ting after both women failed unspecified gender eligibility tests at the World Championships last year, carried out by the International Boxing Association .but had their recognition removed by the IOC after Rio 2016 due to issues with their finance, governance and ethics.
A statement from the IBA said the pair 'did not undergo a testosterone examination but were subject to a separate and recognised test, whereby the specifics remain confidential'.Neither identifies as being intersex or transgender.
Following Khelif's first-round stoppage victory over Angela Carini in her round of 16 bout, Rowling referred to the boxer as a 'male' and accused her of 'enjoying the distress of a woman he’s just punched in the head, and whose life’s ambition he’s just shattered'. "These rules also applied during the qualification period, including the boxing tournaments of the 2023 European Games, Asian Games, Pan American Games and Pacific Games, the ad hoc 2023 African qualifying tournament in Dakar and two world qualifying tournaments held in Busto Arsizio and Bangkok in 2024, which involved a total of 1,471 different boxers from 172 National Olympic Committees , the Boxing Refugee Team and Individual Neutral Athletes, and featured over 2,000 qualification bouts.
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