Thread 3: TWO “Female Boxers” Set To Compete At Paris 2024 Were Previously Disqualified From Women’s World Championship For Having “XY Chromosomes”

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Why bother to dope if you can change a man’s passport to F to get gold instead?

The other three may not have qualified, or if I'm being optimistic, may have withdrawn from competition on their results

the Chinese Thaipei boxer is actually decent as well as having an insane reach advantage... but that first round scorecard was as bent as a nine bob note, sorry.

made the xx sign, brilliant.

That xx signal is great. The Turkish boxer Kahraman knew exactly who she was boxing.

I don't think any looks like Imame, do you?

Yes, I only caught the end of this, but I did see the xx.

I'm definitely beginning to think the same. In fact I'm sure of it.

I missed it. Does anyone have a link to the XX please.

It looks like the XX gesture by boxers is 2024's version of 'no thank you'...

Terrible screenshot but it's a still from a video of Kellie Harrington dancing after her victory where she appears to do the double x sign with her body.

Ignore. Watching it on BBC now. Thanks!

One of the other suspected DSDs' was in the semi final against Khelif - Janjaem.

Did anyone else hear the 2nd BBC commentator say "Lin, he's skilful..."?

About 1:29 in first round.

yeah, i could be wrong but I thought I heard, "the Turkish woman", with, I'll admit, no particular emphasis on "woman", said maybe once more than I'd expect to hear by coincidence... and the word never used to describe the bloke? maybe the co-comms chap was trying to send a signal out?

So what happened? Did Lin win?

I do suspect this too.

OMG how is this not news. I don't follow boxing, or sport at all really, and until this thread I was completely unaware that more than 2 of the "female" boxers might be male. And now I can't unsee it. Are there more?

Lin won. All three rounds by all (five?) judges. Kahraman walked round the ring at the end doing the X sign with her fingers. BBC commentators ignored.

yeah, i could be wrong but I thought I heard, "the Turkish woman", with, I'll admit, no particular emphasis on "woman", said maybe once more than I'd expect to hear by coincidence... and the word never used to describe the bloke?

I hadn't noticed, but DH just said exactly that!

@Shortshriftandlethal where did you read which other boxers had been banned by the IBA?

From the Telegraph

Telegraph highlighting "X-signal" protest. Not just us who've spotted it! https://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2024/08/07/olympics-boxing-live-gender-row-fighter-lin-yu-ting-women/

@Catabogus Thanks! Crossposted - thread moving pretty fast.

Lin will now play Poland’s Julia Szeremeta on Saturday in the final. I suspect we may be seeing the X symbol again then.

Knock me down with a feather, but the BBC have acknowledged the X sign too!