{"id":246889,"date":"2024-07-31T08:29:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T12:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=246889"},"modified":"2024-07-31T08:29:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T12:29:56","slug":"transgender-boxers-inclusion-in-2024-paris-olympics-ignites-controversy-on-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/transgender-boxers-inclusion-in-2024-paris-olympics-ignites-controversy-on-womens-sports","title":{"rendered":"Transgender boxers&#8217; inclusion in 2024 Paris Olympics ignites controversy on womens sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 Paris Olympic Games will see two male-born transgender boxers competing against women, reigniting debates over fairness and safety in sports. Critics argue that allowing biologically male athletes to compete against females poses a safety risk, while supporters assert that such criticisms border on political persecution.<\/p>\n<p>The International Boxing Association (IBA) president noted that the two athletes have male XY chromosomes, though the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has yet not implemented specific rules for transgender athletes or testosterone levels. This decision has sparked controversy, with some, including former competitive swimmer Riley Gaines, suggesting that such inclusion could create significant risks for women athletes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Imagine training your WHOLE life, getting good enough to earn a spot on the Olympic team, hoping to a win an Olympic medal&#8230;.then you&#39;re told you have to fight a man. <\/p>\n<p>That&#39;s the tragic reality for these women. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ooo6K6W0nE\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ooo6K6W0nE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1818271404510310763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Imane Khelif from Algeria and Lin Yu-Ting from Taiwan, who were previously banned from the Women&#8217;s World Boxing Championship, are now set to compete in the 2024 Olympics. Both athletes, thought to have a Difference of Sexual Development (DSD), neither publicly identify as transgender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 Paris Olympic Games will see two male-born transgender boxers competing against women, reigniting debates over fairness and safety in sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":246893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar-narrow","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"float","share_float_style":"share-normal","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-715"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"511","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[804,511,805],"tags":[4861,7186,456],"class_list":["post-246889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-culture","category-foreground","tag-gender-ideology","tag-lgbt-ideology","tag-transgenderism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Transgender boxers&#039; 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