Thomas Bach criticises ‘fake news campaign from Russia’Two boxers under scrutiny won gold in Paris A gender row involving two female boxers at the Paris 2024 Olympics was the result of a Russian fake news campaign and had little to do with reality, the International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach, said on Saturday. Bach, who is stepping down in June after 12 years in the biggest job in world sports, said the IOC had needed to fight off many similar campaigns before and after the Paris Games. The boxing competition in the Paris was run by the IOC after it stripped the International Boxing Association (IBA) of recognition last year over its failure to implement reforms on governance and finance. But the IBA, run by the Russian businessman Umar Kremlev with close links to the Kremlin, accused the IOC during the Games of allowing two female athletes, who had been banned by the IBA after a chromosome test a year earlier, to compete.A war of words ensued between the two organisa...
IOC President Thomas Bach attributes the gender row surrounding two boxers at the Paris 2024 Olympics to a Russian fake news campaign orchestrated by the IBA, the boxing association stripped of recognition by the IOC. Bach stated that the controversy, involving Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-ting of Chinese Taipei, was unfounded as both had competed without issue previously. He also expressed confidence in the preparations for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics and boxing's potential inclusion in the program.
