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These girls have represented their country on numerous occasions for many, many years now as female fighters, and they do not deserve this mistreatment,
I don't think any of these organizations are models to look at when it comes to boxing,
Dr. Joanna Harper, author of the book "Sporting Gender," told DW in an interview The obsessive speculation around women's bodies under the guise of 'fair play' is rooted in harmful gender and racial stereotypes,
You cannot just come out and disqualify somebody and establish the rules afterwards,
Christian Klaue, another IOC spokesperson, added on Friday The boxers fully deserve to be governed by an international federation with integrity and transparency,
It was an arbitrary decision taken overnight,
spokesperson Mark Adams said at the IOC's daily briefing on Friday So-called 'sex tests' of women athletes and Olympians are unscientific, degrading, discredited, abusive, and never happen to men,
It's not clear with DSD athletes how much stronger they are on a pound for pound basis,
Everybody in our world apparently feels obliged to say ... anything without really considering the sometimes very complex circumstances,
We reserve the right to prosecute everyone who participated in the heinous campaign against our heroine Imane Khelif,
What is going on in this context in the social media with all this hate speech, with this aggression and abuse, and fueled by this agenda, is totally unacceptable,
A young female boxer has just had everything she’s worked and trained for snatched away because you allowed a male to get in the ring with her,
Rowling wrote, reposting a video of an IOC official speaking on the committee’s mental health and safeguarding initiatives I WILL KEEP MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS!”
Former President Donald Trump wrote on his social media site, Truth Social You’re a disgrace, your ‘safeguarding’ is a joke and #Paris24 will be forever tarnished by the brutal injustice done to Carini,
Simply put, Imane Khelif and the other athletes being targeted met the criteria to compete in the Olympics. They deserve to compete as much as every other athlete who trained, prepared, and qualified for the most significant opportunity in their sport. An opportunity now dampened by internet trolls and evangelical zealots consumed with ignorance and a disregard for how weaponized hate can threaten one’s livelihood and life,
the organization said in a statement Anti-trans rhetoric is anti-woman,
she wrote in an Instagram story on Friday She made us proud many times, she honored our country and our flag many times and she always made us happy with her results,
It’s not very respectful for the boxers who are competing here, to Chinese Taipei and Algeria, to speak about them in these terms. That’s what I’m trying to stress,
Van Der Vorst told The Associated Press These two athletes were the victims of a sudden and arbitrary decision by the IBA,
IOC spokesman Mark Adams said this week We will never accept anyone questioning her qualifications and determination to fight for glory in the Olympic women's boxing arena,