World Amateur Boxing Championship

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I cannot find an article on this in English, so forgive me but we live in Mexico and my dd just told me this morning that there is a big hullaballoo because a trans boxer, Imane Khelif, has just been disqualified in these championships, which means that the Mexican boxer, Brianda Cruz, who he beat, has taken his place.

Brianda Cruz has expressed delight and said that she had never been hit like he hit her in over 15 years of fighting.

Anyway, the other interesting thing is that the Mexican public are shocked at the idea of a man getting to box with women.

I can't really find much information on this case, Reuters say "Algerian media reported Khelif was disqualified for high level of testosterone in her system."

Is it confirmed Imane is a biological male or are they a woman taking testosterone to enhance their performance?

He is trans according the Mexican reports I have seen.

And one version I saw online said that he was disqualified for medical reasons they could not disclose and then elsewhere they said it was because of too much testosterone

https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/273673048/athletes-pretended-to-be-women-in-world-championship-organizer

Several participants were disqualified from the Women's World Boxing Championship after DNA tests rendered them ineligible, Umar Kremlev, President of the International Boxing Association, wrote on Telegram on Saturday. The competition took place in New Delhi, India on Sunday.

Kremlev said that the association's executives met after the women's championship to discuss "fairness among athletes and professionalism." He added that after "a series of DNA-tests" the association "uncovered athletes who were trying to fool their colleagues and pretended to be women."

However, Kremlev claims that the tests "proved they had XY chromosomes and were thus excluded from the sports events."

Algeria's Imane Khelif, who won the 2022 African Championships and this year's Mediterranean Games, was disqualified from the event "due to the failure to meet the IBA eligibility criteria." Algerian media reported that her hormone test had returned an elevated testosterone level. Khelif claimed she was the victim of a "conspiracy."

American and European sports have been locked in a debate over trans athletes. On Thursday, World Athletics banned "male-to-female transgender athletes who have been through male puberty" from female events. World Aquatics, which handles watersports, made a similar decision in June 2022. Both decisions drew the ire of LGBT rights organizations and trans athletes.

Meanwhile, in many sporting events that do allow their participation, trans women have been beating the competition by a landslide. US cyclocross champion Hannah Arensman quit the sport after losing to a transgender athlete. She told reporters on Thursday that she "came in 4th place, flanked on either side by male riders awarded 3rd and 5th places." Record-setting Canadian trans runner Tiffany Newell announced earlier this month that she was retiring from the sport to "stop being the center of controversy."
(RT.com)

Thank you, so much, @Boiledbeetle

Much more complete.

With photos

For clarity