The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is harming the entire sport by suspending the International Boxing Association (IBA), two-time Olympic boxing champion Oleg Saitov told .
On Tuesday, at the 142nd IOC session in Paris, the decision was taken to exclude the IBA from the list of recognised international federations.
— The IOC suspends most of the workers’ federations. You look at the activities of the IBA – the number of tournaments, the prize money. I can compare the current work of the IBA with what it was under AIBA. There was nothing like that then. Today, the IBA is doing a huge job to develop this sport. And now this suppression due to technical problems is pure politics and corruption. It harms the development of the sport, ”Saitov told .
In April, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected the IBA’s appeal against the IOC Session’s decision to withdraw the organization’s recognition. In 2019, the IOC temporarily revoked the IBA’s recognition status for economic reasons and due to a management crisis within the organization, and also presented demands for reforms.
Russian and Belarusian boxers, according to the decision of the International Boxing Association (IBA), participate in international competitions with national symbols.
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