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How XY chromosomes are key to gender controversy
The Independent|August 03, 2024
Differences in sex development being put under microscope
- MAYA OPPENHEIM
How XY chromosomes are key to gender controversy

The often overlooked issue of differences in sex development has come to the fore in the wake of a deluge of headlines around the fact two women Olympic boxers had previously failed a gender eligibility test.

Last year, Algeria’s Imane Khelif was disqualified just hours before her gold-medal bout at the women’s World Championships in New Delhi after not meeting the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) eligibility criteria, which blocks athletes with male XY chromosomes competing in women’s events.

Meanwhile, Taiwan’s double-world champion Lin Yu-ting lost her bronze medal at the same competition after she also failed to meet the criteria.

But the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has defended its decision to allow the two boxers to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics. It comes after the IBA was stripped of its recognition by the IOC last year over governance and finance issues, with the Olympic body running the boxing competition in Paris itself, and permitting both women to participate.

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