General Director of RCC Boxing Promotions German Titov told that boxing matches between a man and a woman can be deadly.
Olympic Champion of the 2024 Games Iman Khelif from Algeria, found herself at the epicenter of a scandal during a boxing tournament. In 2023, the International Boxing Association (IBA) suspended Khelif from the World Championships in India for failing to meet eligibility criteria. As a result of the gender test, it was proven that the athlete has XY chromosomes. At the same time, the IOC allowed Khalif to participate and in Paris she won gold in the weight category up to 66 kg. In November, new data appeared in this story. The Correspondent published a medical report according to which the athlete had no uterus and ovaries, as well as the presence of testicles in the inguinal canal and a micropenis resembling an enlarged clitoris. Another test confirmed that Khelif carries a normal male karyotype of 46,XY. Following a hormonal study, the Algerian woman revealed a “typically male testosterone level” of 14.7 nmol/l, several times higher than the maximum testosterone level in women.
— I am against men who fight with women. This is dangerous in absolutely any sport. And in boxing it’s not just dangerous, it’s deadly,” Titov told .
Lin Yuting, representative of Chinese Taipei, became Olympic champion in Paris in the weight category up to 57 kg. Like Khelif, she also failed the gender test in 2023 and was suspended by the IBA, but was later cleared by the IOC for the Olympics.
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