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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Alex Pattle

IOC faces legal challenge over Imane Khelif’s Olympic fights in wake of Donald Trump order

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has said it will lodge a complaint against the International Olympic Committee (IOC), relating to Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting’s fights at the 2024 Games.

Algeria’s Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin each won a gold medal in boxing in Paris, but their victories were overshadowed by a gender row, with the IBA claiming the fighters had failed gender eligibility tests at the 2022 World Championships.

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