The so-called Boxing Unit admitted both Khelif and Lin to Olympic boxer competitions. Which has ensured that all athletes participate in the Games.
Boxing tournament comply with the rules of eligibility and registration for the competition as well as all medical regulations.
Which also includes the appropriate demonstration of medical certificates stamped and verified to at least three months before the start of the competitions.
“These Olympic boxer are completely eligible. They are women on their passports, they are women who have competed in the Tokyo Olympics.
Olympic boxer:
And have been competing for many years, I think we all have a responsibility to tone it down and not turn it into a witch hunt,
Said IOC spokesperson Mark Adams, at a news conference on Tuesday.
Still, prominent figures on social media decried Khelif’s participation in the Games.
X owner Elon Musk amplified a tweet from swimmer Riley Gaines that “men don’t belong in women’s sports.
While author J.K. Rowling falsely referred to Khelif as “a male who knows he’s protected by a misogynist sporting establishment enjoying the distress of a woman he’s just punched in the head.”
The fact is that Khelif is participating in the Games because the rules allow her to. And has passed the IOC’s standards.
“The current aggression against these two athletes is based entirely on this arbitrary decision,” said the Boxing Unit. And IOC in a statement Thursday referring to the IBA ban. They took it without any proper procedure, especially considering.
That these athletes had been competing in top-level competition for many years. Such an approach is contrary to good governance.”
Beyond everything, however, the fact remains that Imane Khelif has always defined herself as a woman and the IOC. Is allowing her participate in the Olympics as such. Even in the face of assaultive public opinion.
