Gender row boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting are 'destroying women's sports', claims head of the Russian-led IBA, who banned the fighters from last year's World Championships

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Gender row boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting are 'destroying women's sports', claims head of the Russian-led IBA, who banned the fighters from last year's World Championships

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The head of the International Boxing Association has labelled the competition at the Paris Games 'truly terrifying' and claimed that the decision to allow gender row boxer Imane Khelif to participate is 'destroying women's sports'. Khelif defiantly declared 'I am a woman' after guaranteeing herself a medal with a unanimous decision win over Anna Luca Hamori on Saturday. The Algerian welterweight, one of two athletes at the centre of an Olympics storm, was banned from last year's world championships by the Russian-led IBA after they claimed she failed a gender test.
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