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IOC Leader Says ‘Hate Speech’ Directed at Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting at Olympics is Unacceptable

PARIS — IOC President Thomas Bach said Saturday the “hate speech” directed at boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting at the Paris Olympics is “totally unacceptable.” “We will not take part in a politically motivated … cultural war,” Bach said at a news briefing at the midway point of the games, that also tried to draw a line under days of global scrutiny about the female boxers’ gender. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “What is going on in this context in the social media with all this hate speech, with this aggression and abuse, and fueled by this agenda, is totally unacceptable,” the International Olympic Committee leader said. Khelif of Algeria and Lin of Taiwan have been the focus of intense attention — and often inaccurate commentary — because both were disqualified at the 2023 world championships. The Russian-led International Boxing Association — which has been banished from the Olympics by the IOC in a yearslong dispute — removed the boxers from the worlds 16 months ago in India citing gender-based tests that are still unspecified and unproven. Read More: Olympic Boxers Don’t Want to Talk About the Gender Controversy The women’s boxing issue was linked by Bach to what he called a wider, Russian-led campaign against the IOC and Paris Olympics where only 15 Russian athletes are competing, and as neutrals without their national identity.

 

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