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Tomorrow, August 2, our athlete Sitora Turdibekova will face a tough match. In the 1/8 finals of the boxing tournament in the 57 kg weight category, she will compete against the controversial transgender boxer from Taiwan, Lin Yu-Ting. Previously, this was a biological male who underwent gender transition. Let’s wish our athlete luck in this unequal fight.
In 2023, Lin Yu-Ting failed a gender test and was disqualified at the World Championships. According to Umar Kremlev, the head of the International Boxing Association (IBA), several athletes at the World Championships in India tried to pass themselves off as women. Genetic tests, which revealed XY chromosomes in the athletes’ genomes, thwarted their attempts. Specifically, Yu-Ting was stripped of the bronze medal in the 57 kg weight category.
However, the Paris Olympics are organized not by the IBA but by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). After a “comprehensive review,” the IOC decided that the participation of transgender athletes in the competition is a manifestation of fairness and justice.
It is worth noting that today another match involving a transgender athlete ended in scandal. The 1/8 finals boxing match between Italian Angela Carini and transgender athlete from Algeria, Iman Khalif, ended 46 seconds after it began. The Italian athlete refused to continue the match and left the ring in tears.
The Italian stated that her opponent’s punches were too painful and that her participation in the Olympics was “unfair.” Khalif, it should be noted, was previously a man and underwent gender transition surgery.
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