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Boxing's gender row - what's going on and are Russia involved?

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Boxing at Paris 2024 has been overshadowed by a row about the eligibility of two fighters in the women's competition.

Algeria's Imane Khelif and Taiwanese fighter Lin Yu-ting are guaranteed at least bronze medals.

But last year they were disqualified from the World Championships.

The body that oversaw that 2023 event is the International Boxing Association (IBA), and it says both fighters failed gender eligibility tests.

On Monday the IBA held a news conference which it had said would provide a "detailed explanation of the reasons for the disqualification".

However the chaotic media event left more questions than answers.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has cast doubt on the reliability of the tests and suggested what is happening is a "sometimes politically motivated cultural war".

In June 2023, the IOC stripped the IBA of its status as the sport's amateur world governing body over concerns over how it was run.

So, what is going on?

source: BBC - Click on source to read more