Caitlyn Jenner slams Olympic Comittee's decision to allow Imane Khelif to compete

Caitlyn Jenner has slammed nan International Olympic Committee (IOC), saying that it should consciousness ashamed of itself for allowing Imane Khelif to compete against women astatine nan 2024 Paris Olympics aft nan Algerian boxer grounded a gender trial past year.

On Thursday, Khelif landed successful basking h2o successful France aft she dominated nan women's 66-kilogram section pursuing a triumph complete Italy's Angela Carini successful conscionable 46 seconds. 

After nan match, Carini said she was near pinch nary prime but to forfeit, arsenic she claimed that she was fighting for her life successful nan ringing against Khelif, who was barred from nan 2023 World Championships aft tests revealed that she had antheral XY chromosomes.

Thomas Bach - nan President of nan IOC - came retired successful staunch defense of Khelif's inclusion successful women's sports, arsenic critics laic into nan 25-year-old for competing astatine nan Games.

And Jenner - a golden medalist successful nan 1976 men's decathlon arsenic Bruce Jenner - says Khelif's continued information astatine Olympic events has 'hurt' nan competition. 

'This rumor has wounded nan Olympic Games truthful much. ... Everyone's talking about,' Jenner told Fox News connected Friday, adding that nan ordeal has taken distant nan spotlight from what athletes person accomplished this summer, truthful far.

'Shame connected nan IOC for not protecting nan integrity of women's sports, and shame connected nan IOC for not protecting nan information of women's sports.'

Khelif is adjacent scheduled to conflict against Thailand's Janjaem Suwannapheng, Tuesday, successful nan quarterfinals.

She defeated Luca Anna Hamori, of Hungary, by a people of 5-0 connected Saturday. 

The IOC defended Khelif's eligibility earlier her Round of 16 matchup this weekend, arsenic chap boxer Lin Yu-Ting, of Taiwan, has besides been subjected to contention owed to nan aforesaid reasons arsenic Khelif.

'These 2 athletes were nan victims of a abrupt and arbitrary determination by nan (International Boxing Association),' nan IOC said of Khelif and Taiwan's Lin Yu-Ting fighting successful 2023. 

'Towards nan extremity of nan IBA World Championships successful 2023, they were abruptly disqualified without immoderate owed process.' 

Meanwhile, Australia's Skye Nicholson, who turned pro aft Tokyo, called Carini's actions a 'publicity stunt'. 

'They were calved female,' she said of Khelif and Yu-Ting, some of whom she has sparred with. 'They were calved pinch an XY chromosome, which is nan antheral chromosome, but they were calved pinch female bodies, they person nan beingness attributes of a female. 

'These are not people calved men who person decided to telephone themselves women aliases place arsenic women to conflict women.'