Omar Khelif, the boxer’s father, spoke up about the controversy during an appearance with Sky News, presenting the network with his daughter’s birth certificate to confirm her gender.
“I am expecting a daughter. Her upbringing was that of a girl. That chick is fierce. She was brought up to be courageous and diligent.
She is quite motivated to work and exercise, he said. “The Italian opponent she faced was unable to defeat my daughter because my daughter was stronger and she was softer.”
During a news conference, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach affirmed that “Let’s be very clear, we are talking about women’s boxing,” further defending Khelif and Lin Yu-ting against the internet falsehoods (BBC).
“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 a woman,” said he. To put it simply, this is a lady. Their gender was always quite clear.
