The genre of the athletes was questioned by the International Boxing Federation, led by Russian businessman Umar Kremlev. Seven months after the Paris Olympics, the president of the International Olympic Committee accuses Russia of being behind the disinformation campaign.
The president of the International Olympic Committee considers that the controversy over the genre of two boxers in the Paris Olympic Games originated in false news, which were spread by Russia.
Taiwan’s Algerian Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Tut won gold medals at the Paris Olympic Games in their women’s boxing categories, but before the final fight, the boxers had another out-of-ring combat.
The genre of the athletes was questioned by the International Boxing Federation, led by Russian businessman Umar Kremlev. Seven months after the Olympics, the president of the International Olympic Committee accuses Russia of being behind the misinformation campaign.
The International Olympic Committee assumed the organization of the competition at the Olympic Games after the International Boxing Federation was removed in 2019 for mismanagement and financial problems, and never made public tests that claim to prove testosterone levels.
Donald Trump was one of the voices that put into question the genre of the Algerian athlete. Boxing is not yet included in the 2028 Olympic Games program, which will be held in Los Angeles.
Thomas Bach is no longer president of the International Olympic Committee in June, after 12 years in office.
