“Testosterone is not a perfect test”: IOC official responds to Algerian boxer's controversial win
8,025
Published 2024-08-01
Khelif’s much-anticipated women’s welterweight fight against Italy’s Angela Carini lasted only 46 seconds after Carini was forced to stop following a powerful punch to the nose.
Khelif, 25, had been disqualified before a gold medal match at the 2023 World Championships for failing International Boxing Association (IBA) eligibility rules that prevent athletes with XY chromosomes from competing in women’s events.
“Testosterone is not a perfect test,” Adams said, adding that the controversy “involves real people.”
“Each sport needs to deal with these issues. They know there sports and their disciplines the best, and you need to target and tailor, I should say, the testing and so on with that.”
Khelif was determined eligible to compete in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympcis after the Olympic body stripped the IBA of international recognition last year over issues related to governance and finance.
For more info, please go to globalnews.ca/
Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: bit.ly/20fcXDc
Like Global News on Facebook HERE: bit.ly/255GMJQ
Follow Global News on X HERE: bit.ly/1Toz8mt
Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: bit.ly/2QZaZIB
#GlobalNews #parisolympics2024 #parisolympics
All Comments (21)
-
" They've lost to women before " isn't an excuse. It's funny, but it's not an excuse for letting them swing on real women.
-
The WOMEN athletes need to stand up and say "no more" and the men athletes should back them, but I doubt that either will happen.
-
If testosterone isn’t a perfect test how about the twig and berries test, or a prostate exam.
-
Yeah I always use to watch the Olympics.. Not watching the woke joke France where a man can beat a woman and get praised
-
Its very simple. XY do not compete against XX.
-
Shouldn't be allowed.
-
And not about a male transgender fighting a woman?
-
The Olympics turned the screws on our women's soccer team for "spying" but they allow a situation like this with no problem. Even the female boxer said she had never been hit as hard as this.
-
You can see the clear difference in the red and blue. The slope of the shoulder in the true female. The shoulders, neck muscles and the reach of the arms. The power in the lunge movement to the punch in the person with “more testosterone”. Little girls are watching a man beat up a woman. This person in red is not some sort of Amazon! If this is going to continue you’re going to have to do a lot more measuring to make it fair and safe! Not just by weight class.
-
These creeps should be put on jail. They are risking the life of these women that are forced to fight against men.
-
Us women are allowing this garbage, unfortunately.
-
why wont the Olympics make a third category for all non conventional people to compete in?!?!? THIRD CATEGORY THIRD CATEGORY!!!
-
I wonder would be put his daughter in the ring against that person?
-
Disgusting they allow this! Evil!
-
Disgusting
-
This is insane she could have been seriously injured . I’m all for everyone having a chance but this is just wrong 😢
-
Its not a tranagender issue? Oh really?? Shame on you!
-
who and the fridge actually thought this would be a good idea whoever that was should be fired arrested for being stupid I don't care what test you did he's a man if the start of the Olympics wasn't enough this should boycott the Olympics
-
All women in this boxing category should boycot Olympic
-
God Bless Italian boxer Angela Carini 🙏
