IOC attack previous gender tests as 'NOT legitimate' and part of 'flawed process', as Bulgarian fighter 'makes female chromosomes gesture' having lost to Lin Yu-ting

Olympics bosses were sent trial results much than a twelvemonth agone that showed gender statement boxer and guaranteed badge victor Imane Khelif had nan DNA of a ‘male’.

Officials from nan Russian-led IBA, stripped of nan correct to organise boxing astatine nan Olympics amid corruption and governance concerns, provided information to Games bosses aft nan they disqualified nan welterweight from their World Championships.

Algeria’s Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting, who was besides kicked retired of nan competition, reportedly for nan aforesaid reason, person some secured astatine slightest bronze medals successful nan women’s conception astatine Paris 2024, successful nan midst of wide controversy.

The IOC, which is efficaciously astatine warfare pinch nan IBA, confirmed they had received nan information, which was sent successful June, but attempted to disregard it arsenic ‘not legitimate’.

In nan letter, leaked to nan 3 Wire Sports website, it was stated that nan trial ‘concluded nan boxer’s DNA was that of a antheral consisting of XY chromosomes’.

It added: ‘This business epitomizes nan value of protecting safe sport, and nan integrity of athletics successful which nan Olympic Movement is jointly committed to.’

IOC spokesperson Mark Adams confirmed nan accusation had been received. He did not mobility nan content, but attacked nan validity of nan tests.

‘Those tests are not legitimate,’ he said. ‘The tests themselves, nan process of nan tests, nan advertisement hoc quality of nan tests are not legitimate.

‘There's nary logic for nan test. The trial was, arsenic acold arsenic we tin see, taken arbitrarily. 

'The determination which I've seen reported related besides to nan title wherever 1 of nan boxers hit a Russian boxer.’

When pressed if he questioned nan existent consequence of nan tests itself, Adams responded: ‘The full process is flawed. And truthful it's not up to maine arsenic a arsenic a spokesperson. 

'I americium not a aesculapian expert. But nan full process is flawed.’

Adams was speaking astatine nan aforesaid clip featherweight Yu-Ting faced a symbolic protestation from her force successful a unanimous determination victory.

At nan last doorbell Bulgarian Svetlana Staneva pulled disconnected her gloves, pointed to herself and made an ‘X’ awesome pinch her fingers. The Bulgarian’s coach had besides been holding a achromatic portion of insubstantial pinch nan words ‘I only want to play pinch women I americium XX’ written connected it.

‘I'm not a aesculapian personification truthful I shouldn't opportunity if Lin should compete aliases not,’ Borislav Georgiev added. ‘But erstwhile nan trial shows she has Y (male) chromosomes, she could not beryllium here.’

Khelif fights successful her semi-final against Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng connected Tuesday pinch nan last connected Friday. Yu-Ting faces Turkey's Esra Yildiz Kahraman successful Wednesday’s semi-finals and would scope Saturday’s last pinch a win.