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  2. The dispute between the IBA and the IOC could finish in ... - AOL

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    Boxing kept its status as an Olympic sport for the 2024 Paris Games, but the IOC is overseeing the qualifying and medal tournaments without IBA involvement, as it did for the Tokyo Games in 2021.

  3. 2024 Summer Olympics boxing controversy - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. IOC banishes boxing governing body from Olympics, but the ...

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    The sport is good for Olympic business with broad appeal — 25 different countries won boxing medals in Tokyo, with nine taking gold — and the IOC repeatedly said its problem was with boxing ...

  5. EXPLAINER: Why is there so much drama in Olympic boxing?

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    When Mourad Aliev sat on the boxing ring apron at the Kokugikan Arena for an hour after his disqualification for head-butting, the French super heavyweight took a metaphorical seat alongside all ...

  6. Boxing at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    Boxing made its first appearance at the 1904 Summer Olympics as a men's event. Due to few competitors at the time, only North American boxers competed for this edition. [ 3 ] Since the 1908 Olympics, boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games besides the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm , because Swedish law banned the martial ...

  7. Olympic boxing controversy sparks fierce debate over ...

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    The Olympics, however, have broader eligibility rules. “I think we all have a responsibility to dial down this and not turn it into some kind of witch hunt,” International Olympic Committee ...

  8. Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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    Ahead of the Games, with planning since 2015, a dedicated clean-up operation costing $1.5 billion took place to make the Seine safe to swim in. Test events in 2023 had to be cancelled due to a sewer problem creating unsafe water, and heavy rainfall in the spring of 2024 sending polluted overflow into the river was also a cause for concern.

  9. Olympic boxing controversy: IBA fires back at IOC in chaotic ...

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    This Olympics, the IOC has consistently indicated that when it comes to boxing it relies on the athlete’s passport, rather than any sort of genetic, hormonal or chromosome test, to determine ...