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Boxing's Olympic gender row: What do the IBA say?

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Boxing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been overshadowed by a row about the eligibility of two boxers in the women鈥檚 competition. Algeria鈥檚 Imane Khelif and Taiwan鈥檚 Lin Yu-ting are guaranteed at least bronze medals, but they were disqualified from the 2023 World Championships. The International Boxing Association (IBA) 鈥� the governing body that oversaw the World Championships 鈥� says both boxers failed gender eligibility tests. In June 2023, the IOC stripped the IBA of its status as the sport鈥檚 world governing body over concerns over how it was run. Sport Today鈥檚 Ade Adedoyin attended a press conference held by the IBA On Monday 5 August in Paris and afterwards spoke to their CEO Chris Roberts. Image: Imane Khelif of Team Algeria looks on against Anna Luca Hamori of Team Hungary during the Women's 66kg Quarter-final round match on day eight of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at North Paris Arena on August 03, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images)

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