Paralympics Now Letting Trans Athletes Ruin Women’s Sports
Are ‘Team USA’ Americans ready for another year of males competing in paralympic and college women’s sports?Are ‘Team USA’ Americans ready for another year of males competing in paralympic and college women’s sports?Female Olympic boxer makes 'X' symbol in apparent protest after semifinal loss to opponent embroiled in gender controversy
Female Olympic boxer Esra Yildiz Kahraman of Turkey made an "X" symbol with her fingers in an apparent protest after her semifinal loss Wednesday to Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan, who's embroiled in a gender controversy.
The International Boxing Association disqualified Lin — as well as fellow Paris Olympic boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria — from the March 2023 world championships over failure to meet gender eligibility requirements.
Lin on Saturday will fight Poland’s Julia Szeremeta for the Olympic gold medal in the women’s 57 kg category.
According to Reuters, IBA President Umar Kremlev told Russian outlet TASS at the time that the boxers — who were fighting in the women's division — had "XY chromosomes." Males have XY chromosomes; females have XX chromosomes. But despite the controversy, the International Olympic Committee allowed both Lin and Khelif to compete against female boxers in Paris.
It appears Kahraman's "X" gesture was related to the chromosome controversy. Svetlana Kamenova Staneva of Bulgaria made the same "X" symbol after her Sunday quarterfinal loss to Lin.
Lin has been using technique and reach rather than power to win, the Associated Press said, adding that's how Lin beat Kahraman, who tried a more physical approach while Lin "patiently picked her apart mostly from distance for three rounds."
Lin on Saturday will fight Poland’s Julia Szeremeta for the Olympic gold medal in the women’s 57 kg category. Khelif on Friday will fight China's Yang Liu for the Olympic gold medal in the women's 66 kg category.
Khelif also has been making headlines for a gender controversy, particularly after a bout last week against Italy's Angela Carini, who threw in the towel after just 46 seconds against Khelif and later said "one punch hurt too much, and so I said enough."
Carini later apologized to Khelif and said she respects the IOC's decision to let the Algerian fight against women.
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IOC president Thomas Bach in a recent press conference defended Khelif and Lin: "We have two boxers who are born as a woman, who have been raised as a woman, who have a passport as a woman, and who have competed for many years as women. And this is the clear definition of a woman. There was never any doubt about them being a woman."
Besides calling the criticism of Khelif and Lin "hate speech," Bach alleged that the IBA — which the IOC dropped prior to the 2024 Paris Games — was waging a "defamation campaign against France, against the games, against the IOC."
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Second Olympic boxer who failed gender test dominates female fighter in Paris
Another Olympic boxer surrounded by gender controversy just had a dominating victory.
Lin Yu‑ting of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) beat Uzbekistan's Sitora Turdibekova in a unanimous decision Friday in the 57 kg round of 16.
'Every person has the right to practice sport without discrimination.'
Lin dominated Turdibekova and displayed a clear and obvious athletic advantage, often pushing around Turdibekova with ease. The Uzbekistan fighter was dejected by the loss, while Lin's corner and fans in the French audience were raucous.
The International Boxing Association disqualified Lin at the March 2023 world championships over failure to meet gender eligibility requirements. Lin, Taiwan's double world champion, reportedly was denied a bronze medal at the event. Algeria's Imane Khelif also was disqualified at the event for the same reason.
According to Reuters, IBA President Umar Kremlev told Russian outlet TASS at the time that the boxers had "XY chromosomes." Males have XY chromosomes; females have XX chromosomes.
But the International Olympic Committee dropped the IBA as a governing body in June 2023 and put the IOC's Paris 2024 Boxing Unit in charge. The Paris Boxing Unit's rules have been described as more relaxed.
According to the Guardian, the IOC acknowledged in its internal system that Lin was “stripped of her bronze medal after failing to meet eligibility requirements based on the results of a biochemical test" and that Khelif was “disqualified just hours before her gold medal showdown against Yang Liu at the 2023 world championships in New Delhi, India, after her elevated levels of testosterone failed to meet the eligibility criteria."
Still, Lin and Khelif were allowed to box against women at the Paris Olympics.
Indeed, the Olympic women's boxing category has dominated the headlines this week, particularly after Italy's Angela Carini forfeited her Thursday bout against Khelif after just 46 seconds. Carini walked away after one big punch from the Algerian boxer.
The IOC has answered questions surrounding the issue, stating that "all athletes participating in the boxing tournament of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 comply with the competition's eligibility and entry regulations."
Even after the shocking end to the fight between Khelif and Carini, the IOC expressed sadness but stood firmly in their decision to allow Khelif and Lin in the women's category.
"The IOC is saddened by the abuse that the two athletes are currently receiving," the IOC said in a statement Thursday, per ESPN. "Every person has the right to practice sport without discrimination."
Khelif will fight in the 66kg quarterfinals Saturday against Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary. Lin will fight in the 57kg quarterfinals Sunday against Svetlana Kamenova Staneva of Bulgaria.
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Female athlete partially paralyzed by transvestite volleyball player speaks out about Olympics controversy
The 2024 Olympics initially sparked outrage for its ceremonial attack on Christianity but has attracted additional criticism over the perception that it is now facilitating attacks on women.
The controversy follows two fighters in particular: Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting and Algeria's hulking Imane Khelif — both of whom Blaze News previously reported were disqualified last year from the 2023 Women's Boxing World Championships by the International Boxing Association for allegedly having XY chromosomes. Despite their apparent male sex chromosomes, the International Olympic Committee Paris 2024 Boxing Unit cleared Khelif and Yu-ting to fight women.
On Thursday, Khelif — who some have suggested is actually a hermaphrodite — hammered Italy's Angela Carini hard enough to prompt the 25-year-old Italian to abandon the fight after 46 seconds, break into tears, and fall to her knees.
Among the critics convinced this week they were once again witnessing male transvestites exploit their biological advantage at the expense of female athletes' safety was a young woman who was herself severely injured by a transvestite.
'This is morally wrong and evil.'
Payton McNabb was a member of Hiwassee Dam High School's girls' volleyball team in Cherokee County, North Carolina, until a transvestite player playing for Highlands High School cut her dreams down in September 2022.
During the fateful matchup, the male Highlands player, who towered over the girls at 5 feet, 11 inches tall, spiked the ball, smashing McNabb in the face and leaving the then-17-year-old unconscious on the court for 30 seconds with a concussion, a brain bleed, and whiplash.
According to the Daily Mail, McNabb, now 19, was left with brain damage, vision issues, and paralysis on her right side, preventing her from pursuing her dream of securing a volleyball college scholarship.
'It used to be illegal for men to beat up women.'
After parents, student athletes, school board members, and the athletic director at McNabb's school expressed concerns about safety and fairness, the Cherokee County Board of Education forfeited all remaining games in the season against the Highlands team.
School board member Arnold Mathews told WLOS-TV at the time the decision was based on "safety concerns."
McNabb told the Daily Mail that it is "disgusting" that two boxers who failed gender tests are allowed to thrash women at the Paris Olympics.
"There is a biological difference between the two [trans women and women], there is a difference in sports because of this in the first place," said McNabb. "It's dangerous to have the two [sexes] competing together and just not OK. I am disgusted by this, personally. This is morally wrong and evil."
"These women have worked so hard and trained tirelessly to get all the way to the Olympics, all so they can get punched in the face by a dude," continued McNabb. "It used to be illegal for men to beat up women, and now people are putting it on TV and watching it. It's such a weird reality we are living in now."
McNabb, now a spokeswoman for the Independent Women's Forum, routinely blasts Democrats and other radicals, particularly those like Rep. Pramila Jayapal (Wash.) who claim that the inclusion of transvestic athletes is harmless.
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Boxers who failed gender eligibility tests at world championships to compete against women at Paris Olympics
Two boxers have caused an uproar after being allowed to compete against women at the Paris Olympics despite having previously failed gender eligibility tests. Both have won gold medals against women at different international boxing competitions.
Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu‑ting of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) both were stripped of medals at the 2023 world championships in New Delhi after event organizers — the International Boxing Association — determined the fighters were ineligible.
Khelif, 25, was disqualified and lost a gold medal while Lin, 28, lost a bronze.
Reuters said IBA President Umar Kremlev at the time told Russian outlet TASS that the boxers had "XY chromosomes." Males have XY chromosomes; females have XX chromosomes.
'It's shocking that they were actually allowed to get this far, what is going on?'
The IBA has since told the Guardian that it made its decision "following a comprehensive review" and that the decision was "intended to uphold the fairness and integrity of the competition."
However, the International Olympic Committee decided to drop the IBA as a governing body in June 2023 and put the IOC's Paris 2024 Boxing Unit in charge. The Paris Boxing Unit's rules have been described as more relaxed, but the IOC still noted in its internal system that the two boxers had prior disqualifications.
The IOC said Khelif was "disqualified just hours before her gold medal showdown against Yang Liu at the 2023 world championships in New Delhi, India, after her elevated levels of testosterone failed to meet the eligibility criteria," the Guardian reported. The internal system also acknowledged Lin was "stripped of her bronze medal after failing to meet eligibility requirements based on the results of a biochemical test."
In response to controversy, Khelif reportedly blamed a "conspiracy" against Algeria as the reason for any accusations.
"People have conspired against Algeria so that its flag doesn't get raised, and it doesn't win the gold medal," Khelif said.
The IOC has answered questions surrounding the issue, stating that "all athletes participating in the boxing tournament of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 comply with the competition's eligibility and entry regulations."
"The PBU endeavored to restrict amendments to minimize the impact on athletes' preparation and guaranteeing consistency between Olympic Games," the IOC added.
'It is sick and deeply troubling that the IOC is allowing this kind of gender manipulation to take place.'
The governing body also said that the PBU decided on the boxing rules based on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which were derived from the Rio 2016 rules.
But as videos of Khelif fighting women in the ring began circulating online, viewers from around the world started chiming in with questions surrounding the eligibility of the boxers.
Former world champion boxer Barry McGuigan asked: "It's shocking that they were actually allowed to get this far, what is going on?"
NCAA swimming champion Kaitlynn Wheeler told Blaze News, "It is sick and deeply troubling that the IOC is allowing this kind of gender manipulation to take place."
Wheeler, who works as a women's sports advocate and an ambassador for the Riley Gaines Center, added that the United States "and every other country should immediately boycott and refuse to allow their athletes' lives to be put in harms way."
According to NBC News, "Khelif and Lin have both always competed as women, and there’s no indication that either identifies as transgender or intersex, the latter referring to those born with sex characteristics that don’t fit strictly into the male-female gender binary."
Khelif is set for a round of 16 preliminary boxing match Thursday against Italian Angela Carini in the women's 66 kg category.
Lin will fight Uzbekistan's Sitora Turdibekova in the 57 kg round of 16 on Friday.
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