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Hungary boxer Anna Luca Hamori ‘proud’ after defeat to Imane Khelif

The participation of Khelif and fellow boxer Lin Yu-ting at Paris 2024 has led to scrutiny.

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2024

Tearful Imane Khelif given ray of light in heartening victory amid dark Olympic episode

The Algerian fighter advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s welterweight tournament after victory against Anna Luca Hamori amid the gender controversy that has dominated the Paris Games

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2024

Jack Robinson forced to change board design before Olympic surfing finals

Australian surfer Jack Robinson is into the Paris Olympics semi-final in Tahiti, but he will be surfing with a painted-over surfboard design following a complaint from South Korean officials

The Guardian - AU · Aug 3, 2024

Banned governing body that's fueling outcry on Olympic boxers has Russian ties and troubled history

The allegations that Olympic boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting failed an eligibility test for women's competition have been made by only the International Boxing Association

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2024

Olympics chief slams ‘unacceptable’ hate speech against boxers in gender row

International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach condemned the "hate speech" targeting Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Taiwan's Lin Yu-Ting, saying that a wider, Russia-led "defamation campaign" against the IOC and the Paris Games was fueling the controversy.

France 24 · Aug 3, 2024

IOC president weighs in on Olympic boxing gender controversy: ‘This is the definition of a woman’

Thomas Bach defended boxers Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khelif and their place at Paris 2024 after failing gender eligibility tests run by the International Boxing Association

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2024

Afghan sister cyclists fly the flag of a fallen country at the Paris Olympics

Fariba and Yulduz Hashimi fled Kabul after the city once again fell to the Taliban in 2021. Three years later, the sister cyclists are riding alongside one another in the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s road race on Sunday, proudly bearing the black, red and green Afghan tricolour torn down by…

France 24 · Aug 3, 2024

IOC President Condemns Hate Speech Against Boxers At Olympics

IOC President condemns hate speech towards boxers Khelif and Lin, highlighting gender discrimination in sports at Paris Olympics.

Top News · Aug 3, 2024

Thomas Bach demands respect for boxers at centre of gender controversy

The IOC president said ‘hate speech’ aimed at Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khelif was ‘totally unacceptable’.

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2024

The 2024 Paris Olympics Finally Achieved This One Incredibly Basic But Challenging Goal

Women’s participation in the Olympics unofficially began at the second edition of the modern Games, also held in Paris in 1900.

Inverse · Aug 3, 2024