Boxer forces female competitor to quit at the Olympic games [Title edited by GNHQ at poster's request]

Smileless2012

The problem is that the 'rights' of TW are being put above those of biological women and in this particular case, women's safety.

yes, it's extremely dangerous

That was a very astute decision the young lady made, and full marks to her for depriving him of any sense of achievement. She deserves a gold medal for her bravery.
But we should weep for the 4 years she spent training which she will never have again.

maddyone

This is absolutely awful. The poor woman being told she was competing against a man. Especially in boxing. This is male violence against a woman.

yes

I haven't read the whole thread but I am starting to wonder whether the whole training/coaching thing is absolutely brutal to win win win that the powers that be don't care about women either. I mean, what's the point of them?

I have seen non-Olympic footage of sportswomen and girls going the whole way to the start of their event and then walking away very publicly. Power to them!

I think such an approach would have been extremely effective at the Paris Olympic women's boxing events that allow males to fight against females. The women have earned their place and the IOC's silly rules have robbed them of fair wins before the event even happens.

The problem is that the 'rights' of TW are being put above those of biological women and in this particular case, women's safety.

The problem is because it is in the hand of individual sports bodies in various areas of sports to make the decision -

I don't think it would have been possible for the IOC to make an across the board decision with he current try muddled state of affairs.

(I do think, btw, that trans women cannot ever take part in Womens sports)

Even if she hadn't conceded and continued with the fight he wouldn't have won on his own merit, to do that he'd have to compete against a man which he's obviously not up too, so competes against women.

Maybe the IOC is waiting for a woman to be killed in the ring before acting. Their reasoning is that these trans-identifying men have female in their passports despite today’s fighter having previously failed a gender test. I’m not going to watch any film of it, I don’t think my stomach could take it.

I don’t know how these men can live with themselves when they are CHEATS loud and clear.

It doesn't make any sense, a lot of categories where male bodied people compete against women are just grossly unfair. Contact sports positively dangerous to have a man competing against a woman, what will it take a competitor to be seriously injured before this insanity is halted.

rafichagran

Where is the fairness. It must be disheartening for the female boxer, training for years, and being knocked down in 46 seconds. If she lost to a female boxer fair enough, but all that training to be unfairly treated.
The IOCneed to look into this.

She refused to continue.

She conceded.

The male didn’t even win on his own merit

Where is the fairness. It must be disheartening for the female boxer, training for years, and being knocked down in 46 seconds. If she lost to a female boxer fair enough, but all that training to be unfairly treated.
The IOCneed to look into this.

Utterly disgusting as well as incomprehensible.

Very obvious he's a man. Allowing a man to fight against a female is disgraceful. It can never be a fair fight.

I won’t watch the olympics - not that it will
Change anything
What’s the matter with these idiots putting a person who went through male puberty in a boxing ring with an adult human female? It’s disastrous and unfair not in the Olympic spirit
I wish all the women competing would walk out - taking men in solidarity with them
It won’t happen understandably these athletes trained to get there

That person is not a “she”, I don’t care what the pc brigade try to tell me.

Smileless2012

There was a brief mention on the BBC's lunch time news but it was said that the Algerian boxer had been cleared to compete while making no mention of the fact that he's a trans woman .

the BBC World at one said that she had failed a gender eligibility test in Africa

The world really has gone mad. It’s really obscene that this contest was allowed. Now, if it was two trans fighting each other, that would be different, but males, whether trans or not, are generally physically much stronger than women. The match should be nulled.

The world has gone mad.

There was a brief mention on the BBC's lunch time news but it was said that the Algerian boxer had been cleared to compete while making no mention of the fact that he's a trans woman .

When are people going to see sense.. this is SO unfair.. The trans boxer is now in the semi finals.. unbelievable.. good for the Italian boxer bringing it to the public forum

No coverage on this in the media as I have seen today. Boxing is not what I consider sport anyway so I don't watch it. This seems wrong to me.

The IOC needs to give itself a shake and start some joined up thinking.
"Woke" is not the same as Liberal or open minded and this is one of the most obvious examples of heinous discrimination
This us a long long-term way from Olympic ideals.

It is a total disgrace. The IOC are condoning this situation. The female boxer could have been killed or injured for life.

I find it hard to believe they banned the trans swimmer (which I agree with) but allow tranboxers to compete. Madness.

This is absolutely awful. The poor woman being told she was competing against a man. Especially in boxing. This is male violence against a woman.