Olympic Boxing Gender Row A result of Russian fake news, claims IOC Chief | Olympic games

A gender -specific series with two female boxers at the Olympic Games in Paris 2024 was the result of a Russian fake news campaign and had little to do with reality, said the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach on Saturday.

Bach, who returned in the biggest job in world sports in June after 12 years, said that the IOC had to combat many similar campaigns before and after the Paris games.

The box competition in Paris was carried out by the IOC after having robbed the International Boxing Association (IBA) about the implementation of reforms in relation to governance and finance last year. But the IBA, which was led by the Russian businessman Umar Kremlev with close connections to the Kremlin, accused the IOC in the games to allow two athletes who had been banned by the IBA a year earlier after a chromosome test.

A bitter word war followed between the two organizations and dominated the headlines during the games. “I wouldn't consider that [Paris Games gender controversy] A real crisis because all this discussion is based on a fake news campaign from Russia, ”said Bach in the southern Greek coastal resort, where his successor is elected on Thursday. “This was part of the many, many fake news campaigns with which we were exposed to Paris and Paris.”

Several such campaigns occurred in front of Paris, including what the IOC repeated at the time that Hacking attempts were. Bach said the dispute over the boxers would not have been a problem if it hadn't been for the IBA because the two boxers had participated for years, also at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, without any problems.

“It [the dispute] Has nothing to do with reality. These two female priorities were born as women, they were grew up as women, they competed as women, they won and lost as any other person. “The two boxers, Algeria Imaners Khelif and Taiwans Lin Yu-Ting, won gold medals in their weight classes.

The IOC has no universal rule for the participation of transgender athletes or athletes with differences in sexual development (DSD), whereby each federation creates its own regulations. Russian athletes competed in Paris as a neutral after the Russian Olympic Committee had been suspended because of the implementation of Olympic elections in Ukrainian areas that were occupied after the Russian invasion in 2022.

Bach also said that he had no concerns about the preparation of the Olympic Games of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles 2028 and named Donald Trump as a strong supporter and promoter of the project. “Let the organization committee … continue to work with President Trump and his administration because you have built up very good relationships,” said Bach when he was asked what his advice was on his successor in relation to the Olympic Games in LA and Trump. “The IOC should have confidence in its American partners and friends, and the confidence that President Trump was a strong supporter and sponsor of the Olympic Games right from the start.”

Bach added that the boxing that had not been included in the first program LA 2028 due to the problems with the IBA could soon be received. In February the IOC boxing of IOC was recognized as a new global corporation for sport and the way for the inclusion of sport in Los Angeles.

“I hope [the provisional recognition of World Boxing] Will mean a very positive signal at short notice, ”said Bach. “I hope very much here in Greece these days [during the IOC session] We can make a decision. “