IOC Chief Defends Boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Caught In Gender Row, Calls it 'Politically Motivated’

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has strongly defended the participation of boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting in the Paris 2024 Olympics amidst a heated gender debate. Bach's comments come as the IOC faces scrutiny over the eligibility of these athletes, who have been at the centre of a contentious discussion about gender identity and sports.     #IOC #ThomasBach #ImaneKhelifGenderRow #ParisOlympicsGenderRow #ParisOlympicsControversy #BoxingControversy #GenderDebate #Paris2024 #AthleteEligibility #CulturalWar #OlympicGames #GenderIdentity #IOCStatement #SportsInclusion #PoliticalAgendas #FairPlay #BoxingRights #ControversyResponse                 ~HT.318~PR.152~GR.124~HT.336~

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00:00Let's be very clear here, we are talking about women's boxing and we have two

00:28boxers who were born as women, who have been raised as women, who have a passport

00:39as a woman and who have competed for many years as women. And this is the

00:49clear definition of a woman. There was never any doubt about them being a woman.

00:58What we see now is that some want to own the definition of who is a woman.

01:08And there I can only invite them to come up with a scientific-based new definition of who is a woman

01:23and how can somebody being born, raised, competed and having a passport as a woman

01:29cannot be considered a woman. If they are coming up with something, we are ready to listen,

01:38we are ready to look into it, but we will not take part in a politically motivated,

01:50sometimes politically motivated, cultural war. And allow me to say that what is going on in

02:00this context in the social media, with all this hate speech, with this aggression and abuse,

02:09and fuelled by this agenda, is totally unacceptable.

02:20What is the definition of a woman?

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