“The Olympics are a holiday. But the IOC leaders and Thomas Bach, who do not respect their positions, are destroying sport.” – Kremlin

President of the International Boxing Association (IBA) Oumar Kremlev says that International Olympic Committee ruined the holiday that was supposed to be the 2024 Olympics.

Algerian Iman Khelif and the representative of Taiwan Lin Yuting who had already been suspended by the IBA for failing a gender test, have not been tested for testosterone levels ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Earlier, Italy’s Angela Carini broke down in tears after refusing to continue her round-of-16 up to 66kg boxing match against Khelif at the Paris Games.

— The Olympics are a holiday. But it all started with the opening of the 2024 Olympics, which was an insult to all Christians and Muslims, which was accepted by the IOC leadership and is now continuing in the boxing tournament. We must protect athletes, not restrict them. The IOC leadership and Thomas Bach, who are not up to the task, are destroying sport, women’s sport.

We must protect the rights of women, who only got the right to vote in the 19th century. We cannot allow women’s boxing and women’s sport in general to be destroyed. If the IBA had organised the competition at the Olympics, this would not have happened.

Why are they afraid of me? Why is Thomas Bach afraid of me? I am not afraid to tell the truth, I am for athletes. I am not here to do PR, but to protect women and their rights. Today they are trying to destroy it. We will not let this happen. This will not happen in boxing. Boxing is a family. Those who are for women’s rights, those who are for women’s sport, do not be afraid, tell the truth. IBA is a transparent international organization. The heart of the IBA is the athlete and the coach. This is what we work for,” the correspondent reports, according to Kremlev’s words.

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