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Controversial gold medalist Iman Keliv He fired a succinct message on Monday after the new Olympic chief called for “protecting” the women’s categories to “ensure fairness.”
Keriff faces questions about whether fighters qualify to compete in the female category 2024 Parish Gamesfired a quote generally attributed to Winston Churchill after President Kirsticoventry of the new International Olympic Committee (IOC) took her stance on protecting women.
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Team Algeria’s Iman Kelif celebrates his victory with Team Hungary’s Annaruka Hamori after the women’s 66kg quarterfinal round match on the eighth day of the Olympics August 2024 at North Palarina in Paris on August 3, 2024. (Richard Pelham/Getty Images)
“Success isn’t final, failure isn’t fatal. It’s courage to continue doing that,” Khelif captioned the boxer’s Instagram Story post.
Coventry I said it on Thursday She was “overwhelming support” to move to protect women’s categories at the Olympics amid a controversy among trans athletes who have plagued girls and women’s sports in the US, UK and Australia.
“We understand that there are differences depending on the sport, but it was very clear from our members that first and foremost, the women’s categories must be protected to ensure fairness,” Coventry said.
“But we need to do that by including a scientific approach and the League of Nations, which already does a lot of work in this field.”
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Team Algeria’s Iman Kelif, depicted here, will compete against Team Hungary’s Annaruka Hamori in the women’s 66kg quarter-final boxing match at the Paris 2024 Olympics held at North Palarina in Villepinte, France on August 3, 2024. (Mehmet Murat One/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The new president added that there is “unanimous” support for agreeing to ways to amend policies, suggesting that the IOC will take inspiration from global athletics policies.
“Because it was so clear from the membership, discussions on this must be done in medical and scientific research at the core, so we are considering the facts and nuances and the inclusion of the League of Nations that have done much of this work… All sports are different, so we share with you with a seat at the table,” she said.
“But we unanimously felt that the IOC should play a leading role in trying to bring everyone together and find a broad consensus.”
However, Coventry also said that the change would not retrospectively change the outcome of past competitions characterized by athletes in gender-adaptable questions. At the 2024 ParisiolmÃn, they won two boxers in female competition despite previously failed gender qualification tests for international competition.
Team Algeria coach Mohamed Alshawa will support Team Algeria’s Iman Kerif with head guard before a 66kg spare round match against Team Italy’s Angela Carini on August 1, 2024, on the 6th day of the Olympics 2024 in Paris, France, in 2024, in Paris, France. (Richard Pelham/Getty Images)
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Khelif medals may be safe in the face of medical tests published on 3 Wire Sports In June, it reignited gender controversy around boxers.
Jackson Thompson of Fox News contributed to this report.
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