The Olympic -style boxing regulatory body ‘World Boxing’ will make a gender test compulsory for all boxers who compete in the women’s category in the World Championships next month. ‘World Boxing’ (World Boxing) has already announced its plan under which the contestants will have to undergo a polymerase chain reaction test or the same genetic screening test to determine the gender of birth time.
‘World Boxing’ announced on Wednesday that the rules would be implemented before the World Boxing Championship to be held in Liverpool, England in early September. These tests identify the presence or absence of Y chromosome as an indicator of biological penis.
“World boxing respects all players and tries to ensure that it is as inclusive as much as possible,” said Boris van der Vorst said, ‘World Boxing’ president Boris van der Worst said. “Still it is our duty to ensure security and competitive impartiality in sports, safety and competitive impartiality in sports and so it has been made.”
Iman Khalif of Paris Olympic champion Algeria refused to attend a tournament in the Netherlands in June. The decision was taken when the governing body announced its plan to start a gender test. Later, Van Der Worst, referring to the future test plans of the world boxing, apologized for taking the name of Khalif.
Khalif first planned to participate in the tournament. Khalif and Taiwan’s gold medalist Lynn You-Ting performed brilliantly despite a misconception about their gender at the Paris Olympics. 26-year-old Khalif has repeatedly stated that she has been born as a woman and has competed on all levels of female amateur boxing for almost a decade.
Earlier chromosome testing was common in the Olympic Games, but was shied away from it in the 1990s because concrete results were not being reached. Many sports resorted to hormone testing to determine gender qualifications, but for these tests regulatory bodies have to make tough decisions about players in which the level of testosterone is found higher.
‘World Boxing’ also said that it is the responsibility of the national federations to conduct tests and submit results. Earlier this year, the World Athletics became the first Olympic game to resume the chromosome test.
