Olympian Sharron Davies warns female boxers could 'be KILLED' in the ring amid gender controversy - with former Team GB star labelling decision to let Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting compete at Paris Games as 'insane'
Gender Row boxer hits back at the International Boxing Association
Former Team GB star Sharron Davies has labelled the International Olympic Committee's decision to allow failed gender test boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting to compete at the Paris Games as 'insane' and warned female boxers could be 'killed'.
Algeria's Khelif and Taiwan fighter Yu-ting have been at the centre of a controversial gender row during the Games after both were given the green light to compete despite being banned from the International Boxing Association World Championships last year for reportedly failing a gender test.
Both boxers have since secured themselves a guaranteed medal at the Olympics in their respective weight categories.
Fury was sparked when Khelif's power forced Italy's Angela Carini to quit just 46 seconds into their first-round bout and prompting furious responses over her eligibility from high-profile celebrities such as JK Rowling and Judy Murray.
The IOC later doubled-down on their ruling to allow both fighters to compete in the women's category at the Games citing that Khelif and Yu-ting are both documented as females on their passports.
Gender Row boxer hits back at the International Boxing Association
Former Team GB star Sharron Davies has labelled the International Olympic Committee's decision to allow failed gender test boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting to compete at the Paris Games as 'insane' and warned female boxers could be 'killed'.
Algeria's Khelif and Taiwan fighter Yu-ting have been at the centre of a controversial gender row during the Games after both were given the green light to compete despite being banned from the International Boxing Association World Championships last year for reportedly failing a gender test.
Both boxers have since secured themselves a guaranteed medal at the Olympics in their respective weight categories.
Fury was sparked when Khelif's power forced Italy's Angela Carini to quit just 46 seconds into their first-round bout and prompting furious responses over her eligibility from high-profile celebrities such as JK Rowling and Judy Murray.
The IOC later doubled-down on their ruling to allow both fighters to compete in the women's category at the Games citing that Khelif and Yu-ting are both documented as females on their passports.
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00:00Controversial gender row boxer Lin Yu-ting slams false IBA test and accuses the boxing
00:06organization of deliberately attacking her.
00:09The Taiwanese fighter is one of two boxers involved in the current gender row at the
00:12Paris Olympics, which was ignited by Algeria's Imane Kelif's 46-second demolition of Italy's
00:19Angela Carini.
00:21Yu-ting responded to the IBA test, stating, ''After all, we have proven it false, and
00:26the process didn't follow any standards, but there was still a fuss.
00:29I wonder if they were deliberately going after me?''
00:32This followed on from the extraordinary press conference held by the IBA's Russian chief
00:36Umar Kremlev, who labeled Lin and Imane Kelif as men.