Algiers
\nImane Khelif has the right to appeal World Boxing\u2019s decision barring her from events unless she undergoes genetic sex testing but the Algerian is not competing at the world championships as she has not entered, World Boxing president Boris van der Vorst said.
\nWorld Boxing, which will oversee boxing in the 2028 Olympics, introduced mandatory sex testing for all boxers in its competitions in May, less than a year after Khelif and Taiwan\u2019s Lin Yu-ting won gold in Paris amid a gender-eligibility row.
\nBut Khelif appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport \u2014 sport\u2019s highest court \u2014 seeking to overturn World Boxing\u2019s ruling asking boxers to undertake a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) genetic test.
\n\u201cShe has the right to do this (appeal). For us, it\u2019s important to stress that we introduced mandatory testing in order to have safe and competitive competitions, fair competitions,\u201d Van der Vorst said on Wednesday.
\n\u201cWe announced it in May. And for us, everyone is equal. Every woman here has to submit several documents, including the sex testing.\u201d
\nThe World Boxing Championships get underway in Liverpool on Thursday and when asked if Khelif would have failed the test, Van der Vorst said: \u201cIt\u2019s too early to draw conclusions.
\n\u201cShe has simply not entered on behalf of her own federation here in Liverpool.\u201d
\nThe Algerian Boxing Federation did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
\nOn Tuesday, World Boxing confirmed Taiwan\u2019s Lin would not be competing at the world championships either.
\n\u201cI know that she also is not part of the entry list of the National Federation,\u201d Van der Vorst added.
\nThe Dutchman had apologised in June when World Boxing specifically named Khelif in their announcement on mandatory sex testing.
\nHowever, he defended the decision for such tests to ensure they had \u201csafe and fair competitions\u201d.
\n\u201cWe are speaking not only about amateur boxing, but Olympic boxing. For us, that\u2019s our brand, because that\u2019s the \u2018why\u2019 of World Boxing. We established World Boxing in order to save the Olympic dream,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cBoxing is a combat sport and it is important to have safe and fair competitions. So, for us, it\u2019s really crucial to introduce this kind of testing. I think it\u2019s an important step that we show that we want to protect female boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Algiers Imane Khelif has the right to appeal World Boxing\u2019s decision barring her from events unless she undergoes genetic sex testing but the Algerian is not competing at the world championships as she has not entered, World Boxing president Boris van der Vorst said. World Boxing, which will oversee boxing in the 2028 Olympics, introduced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-500906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n