The world box apologized to the Algerian boxing federation that it is not right to name Boxer Imane Khelif in a notification that makes compulsory sex testing.
The sports authority previously issued a statement and announced that it is compulsory sex testing to determine the capacity of male and female athletes who want to participate in their competitions.
World Boxing said he reported that the Algerian Federation of Boxing would have to undergo a test if she wanted to compete on the Eindhoven Box Cup in the Netherlands 5.-10. June.
This attracted the sharp reaction of the Algerian Federation, which caused an apology from the global body.
“The president of the world boxing does not think that it was right to have a particular athlete in a statement issued last Friday,” he said in a statement under AFP.
He added that the world boxing “personally wrote to the President of the Algerian boxing Federation to offer a formal and sincere apology that recognizes that more effort should be made to prevent the connection of policy with any individual”.
According to Associated Press, Boris van der Vorst was written by a personal letter Alegrian Boxing Federation.
“I am writing to all of you personally to offer a formal and sincere apology for it, and I admit that its privacy should be protected,” he said in a letter seeing AP.
Imane Khelif and colleague Gold Medalist Lin Yu-the Taiwan were at the center of attention in Paris because the previous Olympic boxing authority, the International Association of Boxing, disqualified both fighters from the World Championship in 2023 and claimed to have failed with an unspecified capacity test.
What are the new world box rules?
In the new policy, all athletes over 18 who want to participate in world competition or sanctioned competition will undergo a PCR genetic test or a polymerase chain reaction to determine what gender at birth and their capacity to compete.
PCR test is a laboratory technique used to detect specific genetic material, in this case the SRY gene, which reveals the presence of Y chromosome, an indicator of biological sex.
The test can be performed by an nasal or oral swab or by taking a sample of saliva or blood.
The National Federations will be responsible for testing and it will be necessary to confirm the sex of their athletes when entering the world boxing competitions by creating the certification of their chromosomal sex, as determined by the PCR test.
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