In light of plans to introduce this policy and the particular circumstances surrounding some boxers that competed at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, World Boxing has written to the Algerian Boxing Federation to inform it that Imane Khelif will not be allowed to participate in the female category at the Eindhoven Box Cup or any World Boxing event until Imane Khelif undergoes sex testing.

  • 474D@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    You could read the article, it states it’s a chromosome test. Not that I agree with this, but its a bad look to react without doing the bare minimum

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      They are going to find out chromosomes are super complicated. There are XY AFAB cis women and we don’t actually know how common they are because we don’t test for it.