Just because of a gender-questioning athlete, Algeria's Khalif.
Khalif defeated Hungary's Hamori yesterday and has locked up the bronze medal. In fact, the gold medal is basically hers. Khalif won Thailand's Suvarnabhumi in the semi-finals in the early morning of August 7. There was no big problem. In the other semi-final, the Chinese team's Yangliu faced Chinese Taipei player Chen Nianqin. Yangliu defeated Chen Nianqin at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year.
Then, there is a high probability that the final in the early morning of August 10th will be between Khalif and Yangliu.
At that time, what kind of emotions will there be on the Internet?
People who defend Khalif claim that Khalif was born a girl, has not had sex reassignment surgery, and is not transgender.
It has also been pointed out that Khalif suffers from a rare disorder, difference in sex development (DSD), in which patients have xy chromosomes (male characteristics) but were raised as female, while having blood testosterone levels in the male range.
However, according to the gender test results of the boxing governing body, Khalif is a "male". What's the use of using your passport and birth certificate to defend?
Behind the question of Khalif’s gender is actually a concentrated expression of political interference in sports.
The boxing match in the Olympic Games is an amateur boxing match, and the governing body of the amateur boxing match is the International Boxing Association iba, of which the Chinese Boxing Association is also a member.
At last year’s World Championships, IBA banned two athletes from participating. One was Algeria’s Khalif and the other was Lin Yuting from Chinese Taipei. Neither of them passed the IBA’s gender test. And if Khalif can compete, he will meet Yangliu in the 66kg category.
iba does have some Russian background, and its main sponsors are Russian natural gas. Because IBA allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the World Championships, the United States Boxing Association clamored to boycott the World Championships.
After that, the United States Boxing Association gathered a group of people from the Western world and established a new organization, world boxing.
Then the International Olympic Committee Executive Committee met and actually banned iba's qualification to legally manage amateur boxing and supported world boxing instead.
At that time, there was not a single Chinese member of the International Olympic Committee Executive Committee.
At the ioc plenary session before the opening of the Paris Olympics, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee Li Lingweicai was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee Executive Committee. Li Lingwei is the only Chinese member of the IOC executive committee.
The boxing match of the Paris Olympics was personally organized by the IOC team, allowing Khalif and Lin Yuting to participate.
Until today, the Chinese Boxing Association has not joined world boxing and is not a member.
Khalif cried to the camera yesterday, "I am a woman"!
More than 500 Algerians waved and cheered in the boxing gym.
Recently, many people on the Internet, many Chinese people, support Khalif. I hope these people can have a good understanding of the background of the entire incident. Think more about it, why?
