{"id":3113,"date":"2024-08-11T23:57:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T23:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/imane-khelif-and-lin-yu-ting-boxing-eligibility-row-key-questions\/"},"modified":"2024-08-11T23:57:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T23:57:23","slug":"imane-khelif-and-lin-yu-ting-boxing-eligibility-row-key-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/imane-khelif-and-lin-yu-ting-boxing-eligibility-row-key-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting: Boxing eligibility row key questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While far from the only controversy at Paris 2024, this was arguably the biggest and most divisive, with the issue dominating media conferences with IOC officials, and receiving huge amounts of coverage, especially with both fighters winning so convincingly and ultimately both claiming gold medals. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At its highest profile event, the IOC found itself accused of neglect, failing women and a denial of science. The turmoil has also tarnished Bach&#8217;s final year in charge of the IOC before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/olympics\/articles\/cy8x9pjjy19o\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">he steps down in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It also led to global, and at times uninformed, scrutiny of the two fighters involved, especially on social media, where criticism by politicians and celebrities added to a frenzied and toxic debate over women&#8217;s safety, fairness and whether the Games had been tainted. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Indeed, Khelif has filed a legal case against what her lawyer has described as &#8220;misogynistic, racist and sexist&#8221; cyber bullying, claiming she has been the victim of a &#8220;digital lynching&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In his speech at the opening ceremony, Bach had referenced the &#8220;Olympic spirit of living life in peace, as the one and only humankind, united in all our diversity&#8221;. Days later he was having to condemn the &#8220;hate speech, aggression and abuse&#8221; the boxing row had generated, suggesting it was part of a &#8220;politically motivated culture war&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bach added: &#8220;What we have seen from the Russian side and in particular from the IBA is that long before these Games, they have launched a smear campaign against France, against the Games, against the IOC.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The war of words between the IBA and IOC was certainly an unedifying sideshow, and the boxing competition was gravely overshadowed by the storm, with several opponents of the two fighters making critical comments or staging protests. But it was also a reminder of the highly-charged and challenging geo-political context in which these Games took place. Gold medallists Khelif and Lin meanwhile will return to their countries as national heroes, but must now decide on what future they want to have in the sport, given the scrutiny they have been subject to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This is not the first furore sparked by sport&#8217;s long struggle to regulate the female category of competition. But it may have been the most ferocious to date.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/olympics\/articles\/c0l8gxzw6n4o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While far from the only controversy at Paris 2024, this was arguably the biggest and most divisive, with the issue dominating media conferences with IOC officials, and receiving huge amounts of coverage, especially with both fighters winning so convincingly and ultimately both claiming gold medals. 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