International Olympic Committee face legal action for letting gender-row boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting fight at the Olympics The International Olympic Committee are being sued for letting gender-row boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting compete at Paris 2024.
‘President Trump’s order to ban transgender athletes from women’s sport validates IBA’s efforts to protect the integrity of female sports,’ said IBA president Umar Kremlev.
Algerian Khelif and Yu-ting of Taiwan both won gold medals at last summer’s Olympics despite being disqualified from the 2023 World Championships for failing gender eligibility tests.
‘IBA will provide free-of-charge comprehensive legal support to our boxers in these lawsuits, as this is a clear violation of human rights, an outrage towards the female boxers, and simply a crime that should be punished accordingly.
Both Khelif and Yu-ting won gold medals at the Olympics despite being disqualified from the 2023 World Championships.
