In creating equal rights for the entire world except Russia, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has crossed another red line of common sense. The participants of the boxing tournament who were caught cheating were allowed to compete in Paris.

Are IOC officials taking revenge on Russia?

“Her blows caused me great pain.”

The boxing tournament at the 2024 Olympics is being held by a non-specialized organization. The International Boxing Association (IBA) was suspended by the IOC from organizing the competition in Paris for very far-fetched reasons. This is already the second Games that the committee itself has organized.

Most likely, the officials did not like the return of Russian athletes to international tournaments, especially with the possibility of using the flag and anthem. But unlike the IOC, which has lost touch with common sense, the IBA at least fought against fraudsters.

So, at last year’s World Championships, masculine athletes who failed the gender test were disqualified. The disqualifications then were Lin Yu-Ting from Taiwan and Iman Khelif from Algeria.

— The results of several DNA tests revealed athletes who tried to deceive their colleagues and pretended to be women. The results of genetic tests showed that they had XY chromosomes. These athletes were subsequently excluded from the competition, — said IBA head Umar Kremlev.

The presence of such athletes at the World Championships then caused a storm of indignation. Mexican participant of that tournament Brianda Cruz shared unpleasant impressions from the meeting with Khelif.

“When I fought her, I felt completely out of place. Her punches hurt me so much, I don’t think I’ve ever felt so bad in 13 years of boxing or sparring with men. Thank God I walked out of the ring that day,” Cruz wrote on social media.

Ivan Khelif / Photo: © Anadolu Agency / Contributor / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru

“Will lead to the murder of women”

According to the feminist website Reduxx, Khelif and Yu-Ting were born with body features. Their genitals have a structure that does not correspond to their chromosomes. The IOC and international sports organizations have not yet developed a unified opinion on the attitude towards such people. For example, the IBA and the organizers of the Paris Olympics have radically opposed points of view.

But recently it became known that both athletes were admitted to the Olympic tournament. At the same time, the IOC openly admits that Khelif and Yu-Ting failed the gender conformity test conducted by the IBA last year, but does not want to change the selection rules that have been established over several Olympics.

“All athletes participating in the boxing tournament of the Olympic Games in Paris comply with the rules of admission to competition, including all applicable medical rules,” the IOC said in a statement, cited by the agency.

This decision by officials shocked many people connected with the Olympic movement. Former American swimmer and three-time Olympic champion Nancy Hogshead did not mince words at all.

“Let’s remind ourselves that men, no matter what they call themselves, hit 162% harder than women — the largest gap in rates between men and women. This gender ideology will lead to the murder of women,” Hogshead wrote on social media.

On August 1, Khelif will enter the ring in Paris, where she will fight Italian Angela Carini. Yu-Ting will start at the Olympics a day later. Her “victim” is still unknown.