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Australian women's featherweight world champion Skye Nicolson has defended nan boxers astatine nan halfway of nan Olympics gender statement and accused group of 'jumping connected nan bandwagon without knowing each nan details.'
Nicolson, who won nan WBC featherweight title earlier this year, revealed successful a video connected her Instagram communicative that she has fought and sparred pinch Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting - who are some wrapped up successful contention astatine this summer's Olympic Games.
The 2 female fighters were cleared to compete successful nan women's class successful Paris contempt being thrown retired of past year's world championships aft tests allegedly proved they incorporate antheral 'XY chromosomes'.
As a result, their information astatine nan Olympics has sparked outrage online and successful nan media, pinch respective high-profile figures hitting retired astatine nan determination to fto them fight.
Nicolson, though, has stressed that some Khelif and Yu-Ting were calved female, while hitting retired astatine their critics for jumping to conclusions.
Women's featherweight world champion Skye Nicolson has defended nan boxers astatine nan halfway of nan Olympics gender row
Imane Khelif (left) and Lin Yu-Ting (right) were cleared to compete successful nan women's class contempt being thrown retired of past year's world championships amid questions complete their gender
The Australian boxer said successful her video message: 'I conscionable want to explain a mates of things: 1. I've really fought and sparred some of nan girls. They were calved female.
'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.
'They person grown up arsenic girls, arsenic females, arsenic women. They person competed arsenic women nan full time. These are not people calved men who person decided to telephone themselves women aliases place arsenic women tofight women successful nan Olympics.'
Khelif, who besides competed astatine nan 2020 Tokyo Olympics, was disqualified from nan 2023 world championships aft failing gender eligibility tests anterior to her scheduled gold-medal bout, while Yu-Ting was stripped of her bronze pursuing a akin result.
At nan clip of their disqualification Umar Kremlev, president of nan International Boxing Association (IBA), claimed nan tests had proven nan athletes had 'XY chromosomes'.
He added that they 'uncovered athletes who were trying to fool their colleagues and dress to beryllium women'.
Nicolson, who has fought and sparred some women, stressed that they were some calved female
The Australian boxer has held nan WBC featherweight title since April of this year
Nicolson continued: 'So astatine nan random world championships erstwhile IBA decided to do chromosome testing, that is erstwhile these 2 athletes were discovered to person XY chromosomes.
'It wasn't a testosterone test, it wasn't that they grounded thing for illustration that. It wasn't a beingness test, they do not person nan beingness attributes of a male.
'And while it is simply a spot of a grey area, I deliberation nan maltreatment and nan powerfulness of nan media and group jumping connected nan bandwagon without knowing each nan specifications is honestly horrible.
'These girls person represented their state connected galore occasions for many, galore years now arsenic female fighters and they do not merit this mistreatment. I deliberation they've been unfortunate capable to beryllium successful nan business that they're in, past to get each this scrutiny arsenic well.'
To substance moreover further outrage, Khelif wholly dominated Italy's Angela Carini successful her short-lived Olympics opener connected Thursday; forcing her female force to abandon nan bout aft conscionable 46 seconds.
Yu-Ting besides won her opening bout connected Friday, albeit successful little sadistic manner aft getting nan amended of Uzbekistan's Sitora Turdibekova connected points.
Khelif wholly dominated Italy's Angela Carini successful her short-lived Olympics opener
Yu-Ting besides won her opening bout connected Friday, albeit successful little sadistic fashion after getting nan amended of Uzbekistan's Sitora Turdibekova connected points
The International Boxing Association (IBA) released a connection connected Wednesday amid nan Olympics controversy, stating their decisions to disqualify some fighters were made 'after a meticulous review'.
The IOC then, connected Friday, delivered a powerfully worded connection successful response: 'All athletes participating successful nan boxing tourney of nan Olympic Games Paris 2024 comply pinch nan competition's eligibility and introduction regulations, arsenic good arsenic each applicable aesculapian regulations group by nan Paris 2024 Boxing Unit pinch erstwhile Olympic boxing competitions, nan gender and property of nan athletes are based connected their passport.
'Towards nan extremity of nan IBA World Championships successful 2023, they were abruptly disqualified without immoderate owed process. According to nan IBA minutes disposable connected their website, this determination was initially taken solely by nan IBA Secretary General and CEO.'
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