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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Flo Clifford

World Boxing to determine new gender rules ‘in weeks rather than months’ after 2024 Olympics row

World Boxing is to announce updated gender eligibility rulings in “two to three weeks”, following a consultation on how the sport tackles an issue which threatened to derail last year’s Olympic Games.

The president of the sport’s governing body, Boris van der Vorst, said World Boxing intended to have a resolution to an “extremely complex issue” before the World Boxing Cup, with the event beginning on 31 March in Brazil.

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