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Lauren Boebert got so mad at boxer Imane Khelif that she's raising thousands for her opponent
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I would disagree. As another poster pointed out, there are serious questions about the integrity of the IBA, not least the fact that they aren't recognised by the IOC. To suggest that the IOC wouldn't have clear eligibility criteria feels at best misguided.
The IOC does have clear eligibility requirements for atheletes who are legitimately transgender, I'm not sure how that applies to born-female atheletes. You have to have a testosterone level below a set level for a full year before and during competition.
We already know she failed that test previously, or rather, PURPORTEDLY failed that test previously, given the overall jankieness of her boxing federation.
That's what makes the whole thing complicated. Did she REALLY fail it? 🤔 Is the boxing federation corrupt? 🤔 It's a big ball of suck.
But my point is that Bobo's accusation isn't some bullshit she just made up, like 99% of everything else she says.
The 'accusation' is that Imane Khelif is a 'biological male', which is absolutely some bullshit she just made up. Maybe there's an argument to be had around testosterone levels in female athletes (although again, the allegation that Khelif has higher than average levels has not actually been corroborated) but I personally don't think so, and I don't think this is an example that necessitates that conversation.
It's not though, it first came from the head of her own boxing league quite some time ago.
But it didn't. She was disqualified from the competition, it wasn't clearly stated why. And as previously mentioned, there are huge questions of trustworthiness regarding that organisation. I also have my doubts that Lauren Boebert has any awareness of previous allegations, but suspect she has just jumped on an assumption as many online seem to have done.
See the Wiki linked above:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imane_Khelif
"In 2023, IBA president Umar Kremlev said that the disqualifications were because DNA tests "proved they had XY chromosomes"."
I'm not going to get into the accuracy of the allegations, the IBA refused to prove them, but the fact is the allegation itself has been around for more than a year, long before the current Olympics and Bobo's statement.
I'll grant you, Boebert wasn't the first person to make the claim. But I doubt she's got an awareness of historical allegations from an association that most people who don't follow boxing won't have heard of. I suspect she's either jumping on a bandwagon of other people making the claim, or making a claim based on her 'feeling' that Khelif doesn't look traditionally feminine.
When 99% of what a person says is made up bullshit, chances are the remaining 1% are too. Or at least it's taken out of context and twisted to fit a desired narrative. You can't trust anything they say either way.