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The participation of Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting in the 2024 Summer Olympics in the female boxing event caused controversy as they had been disqualified from the 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships run by the International Boxing Association (IBA). The disqualifications came as consequence of the IBA stating that they failed to meet ...
But the International Olympic Committee has stood firmly with Khelif and Yu-ting, who on Friday won her fight in the women’s 57kg category against Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova to reach the ...
Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting celebrates after defeating Bulgaria's Svetlana Staneva in their women's 57 kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France ...
South Korean athlete An San, who won triple gold, was criticized and abused by South Korean anti-feminists online who called her a "short-haired feminist" and asked officials to take back her gold medal. The online hate and abuse was due to the rising antifeminist sentiments among South Korean youth. [258] [259]
Read more:China's swimming doping controversy making waves at Paris Olympics — and in Washington His plea has been overshadowed by a Thursday afternoon bout in which Khelif punched an opponent ...
In December 2012, she tried out for the first time for the national women's boxing team by competing in the under-48 kg light flyweight category in the National Amateur Boxing Championships, which doubled as the 2013 first national qualifying round. The 28-year-old was the oldest participant at the national championships with a 17 to 34 age limit.
The North Korean women's football team delayed their game against Colombia for an hour after the players were introduced on the jumbo screen with the Flag of South Korea. [109] Greek triple and long jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was expelled by the Greek Olympic Committee after posting a racially insensitive comment on social media. [110] [111]
Either the women’s boxing competition features two fighters with an unfair advantage — or at least were previously disqualified from competition by the International Boxing Association for ...