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Protecting the Integrity of Fair competition in Womens Sport

The Shakey Fridge said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1888934126230605841
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It will go no where.
They should have read Trumps policy that they are citing first or at least got a child to explain the difference.
“It shall be the policy of the United States to oppose male competitive participation in women’s sports more broadly, as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth"

Khelif and Yu-ting are not male.
Not transgender either
The IOC statement nailed it

“This IBA statement is just another example of [the] IBA’s campaign against the IOC, which is ongoing since their recognition was withdrawn by the IOC for issues related to governance, judging and refereeing – as well as questions around their finances.

Here are the facts: The two female athletes mentioned by [the] IBA are not transgender athletes. They were born as women, were raised as women, and have competed in the women’s category for their entire boxing careers, including at previous international competitions such as the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, when both of them did not win a medal. They also competed in IBA World Championships and IBA-sanctioned tournaments before they became victims of a sudden and arbitrary decision by the IBA. Towards the end of the IBA World Championships in 2023, they were disqualified, without any due process.


“Neither athlete had a perfect track record coming into Paris. Lin Yu-Ting, for example, lost her last bout before arriving in Paris. Neither athlete medalled at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, where Imane Khelif was defeated in the quarter-finals by Unanimous Decision. Lin Yu-ting lost her first fight in the round of 16. Additionally, neither athlete has more Referee Stop Contest (RSC) victories compared to other successful female boxers.

“Across their careers, Yu-Ting has won only one of 40 bouts by RSC (3 per cent) and Khelif has won five of 37 (14 per cent). By comparison, other successful boxers arrived in Paris having won up to 28 per cent of their career bouts and 33 per cent of their most recent bouts by RSC. Such data is relevant when evaluating whether Yu-Ting and Khelif had a heightened performance advantage and/or safety risk compared to other successful boxers in the women’s category.”
 
yellowsliotar said:
It will go no where.
They should have read Trumps policy that they are citing first or at least got a child to explain the difference.
“It shall be the policy of the United States to oppose male competitive participation in women’s sports more broadly, as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth"

Khelif and Yu-ting are not male.
Not transgender either
The IOC statement nailed it

“This IBA statement is just another example of [the] IBA’s campaign against the IOC, which is ongoing since their recognition was withdrawn by the IOC for issues related to governance, judging and refereeing – as well as questions around their finances.

Here are the facts: The two female athletes mentioned by [the] IBA are not transgender athletes. They were born as women, were raised as women, and have competed in the women’s category for their entire boxing careers, including at previous international competitions such as the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, when both of them did not win a medal. They also competed in IBA World Championships and IBA-sanctioned tournaments before they became victims of a sudden and arbitrary decision by the IBA. Towards the end of the IBA World Championships in 2023, they were disqualified, without any due process.


“Neither athlete had a perfect track record coming into Paris. Lin Yu-Ting, for example, lost her last bout before arriving in Paris. Neither athlete medalled at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, where Imane Khelif was defeated in the quarter-finals by Unanimous Decision. Lin Yu-ting lost her first fight in the round of 16. Additionally, neither athlete has more Referee Stop Contest (RSC) victories compared to other successful female boxers.

“Across their careers, Yu-Ting has won only one of 40 bouts by RSC (3 per cent) and Khelif has won five of 37 (14 per cent). By comparison, other successful boxers arrived in Paris having won up to 28 per cent of their career bouts and 33 per cent of their most recent bouts by RSC. Such data is relevant when evaluating whether Yu-Ting and Khelif had a heightened performance advantage and/or safety risk compared to other successful boxers in the women’s category.”
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I agree the IBA are being opportunistic here, this is likely motivated by the impending ratification of World boxing by the IOC as the Global Governing body that some concern for any of the athletes.

Trump addressed the transgender question for sport governed in the US, but his was more about getting a definition of life at conception into a legal framework than any real concern for safety or even womens sport. It's a popular thing to do with the vast majority of the voting public everywhere but that definition (of life at conception) is superfluous.

Trans athletes are only half of the equation. DSD athletes are just as advantaged.

I won't rehash my posts from the summer. They are female, but depending on how that is defined they may be considered to have an unfair advantage within that category and should be banned. That is the position World athletics are taking with the cheek swab.

Likely Kelief and Yu-Ting would fail this. The rules as laid out for Paris in boxing was sex as recorded on their passport which they passed.
 
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