Team GB two-time Olympic champion Nicola Adams speaks out on gender boxing row
Friday, 2 August 2024 Double Olympic gold medallist Nicola Adams has given her support to Angela Carini after the Italian boxer abandoned a fight against an opponent who previously failed a gender eligibility test.
"It's not a black and white issue," says IOC spokesman Mark Adams after Algerian boxer Imane Khelif's 46-second win at the Paris Olympics sparked a furious row about gender eligibility rules. Khelif advanced to the quarter-finals of the women's 66kg category after unloading two strong punches to the...
Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting won her first Olympic bout amid gender controversy, defeating Sitora Turdibekova in the 57kg category. Lin, like Algerian Imane Khelif, was banned by the International..