Author Rowling considers it a shame that an athlete with high testosterone levels will compete in the 2024 Olympics.

British writer JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series, called the Algerian boxer’s performance a disgrace on social media. Iman Khelif who has high testosterone levels, at the Paris Olympics.

In 2023, the International Boxing Association (IBA) suspended Algerians Iman Khelif and Lin Yuting (Taiwan) from the World Championships in India for failing to meet eligibility criteria. Following gender testing, the athletes were found to have XY chromosomes. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) cleared them to compete in women’s competitions in 2024.

Italian Thursday Angela Carini refused to fight Khelif in the 1/8 finals in the weight category up to 66 kg. The athlete complained in his corner about his opponent’s too painful blows.

“A young female boxer has had everything she worked and trained for taken away from her because you allowed a man into the ring with her.” You are a disgrace, your defense is a joke. The Paris Olympics will forever be tainted by the brutal injustice inflicted on the Italian athlete, Rowling wrote on social media.

Boxing competitions at the Olympic Games are organized by a special unit created by the IOC. In June 2023, the IOC session expelled the IBA from the Olympic movement by a majority vote.

The Olympic Games in the French capital will end on August 11.

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Source : MatchTV

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