DailyWire.com – After the debacle at the Paris Olympics where two boxers who reportedly have XY [male] chromosomes battled for women’s boxing crowns, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Back told reporters that there was no “scientifically solid” method for determining whether an athlete is a man or a woman.
Referring to the 2028 Summer Olympics scheduled for Los Angeles, California, a reporter queried Bach, “There is no sign of the national federations sorting themselves out. Surely you must be worried boxing won’t be there in LA.”
“I will not speculate the position is very clear,” Bach replied. “The IOC will not organize boxing in LA without a reliable partner, and if these national federations want their athletes to be able to win Olympic medals, they have to organize themselves in a reliable international federation with good governments and respecting all the requirements the IOC puts on the International Olympic Federation.”
“In the IOC gender eligibility rules, it seems to be based on the fact that XYA athletes or DSD athletes don’t have a competitive advantage and we see here — ” another reporter began to ask.
[There are zero Google results for “xya chromosome” in quotes; this appears to be another made-up gender. – HEADLINE HEALTH]
DSD, or differences of sex development, were formerly called intersex disorders. But individuals suffering from the disorder still have either XX or XY chromosomes.
Algeria’s Imane Khelif, who won the Olympic gold medal in the female welterweight division, has XY chromosomes, according to the International Boxing Association. Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan, who has reached the finals of the women’s featherweight division, also has XY chromosomes.
“Don’t mix, please, this with DSD,” Bach interrupted. “The question is pretty clear, and again, all the science, nobody can tell you at this moment where there is an advantage or no advantage. Here it is first and foremost about the question of a woman, yes or no. If you take further parameters …”
