The Paris Olympics 2024 has started and controversy has already started. The controversy arose when boxers who failed to pass gender tests for International Boxing Association were allowed to take part in Paris Olympics. Fans vented out their frustration and anger when these athletes went on to compete with women boxers in the tournament.
The result as expected was a landslide victory for Algeria’s Imane Khelif. Previously, as per the the rules set by the International Boxing Associaltion, Imane Khelif failed to pass the gender test. The Athlete’s result proved having XY chromosome. For the unversed, women have XX chromosome while Men have XY chromosome.
Why Olympics Allowed such atheletes?
The rules for Olympics and the International Boxing Association (IBA) are quite different. But the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are different. The IBA is banned from setting the rules and regulations for Paris Olympics after multiple scandals have been slapped against IBA.
But for the IOC the rules are far more relaxed and thus Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu‑ting of Chinese Taipei both were allowed to compete in women’s boxing category despite failing gender tests.
The IOC’s controversial decision to include both the boxers were not taken kindly by the fans. As a result they took to social media to vent out their frustration.
