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IOC was told about boxer’s failed sex test a year ago
Algeria’s Imane Khelif and fellow boxer Lin Yu-ting of Chinese Taipei are assured of medals in Paris after winning quarter-final bouts.
- by Chloe Saltau
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The Olympics are to blame for a vicious culture war – and three women are its casualties
Two women entered the Paris Games ready to compete in the sport they love. Instead, they’ve become pawns in a brutal gender storm – one the IOC could have avoided.
- by Jordan Baker
Aussie world champ lashes Italian boxer for ‘publicity stunt’ against Imane Khelif
Skye Nicolson, who fought for Australia at the Tokyo Olympics before turning professional, urged people to “be a lion, not a sheep” and consider the facts before joining the global pile-on.
- by Vince Rugari
These contrasting images escalated boxing’s gender war. One of them was deleted
Khelif’s next opponent has lit the fuse for an explosive bout by sharing an image of a woman in the ring with a beast. It comes as the Algerian’s friend leaps to the embattled boxer’s defence.
- by Michael Chammas
Hit and myths: The truth about Algerian boxer at centre of Olympics gender controversy
The bout between Imane Khelif and Angela Carini lasted less than a minute, but it has become one of the biggest stories of the Olympics.
- by Jonathan Drennan
‘You can’t put other people at risk’: Aussie boxer weighs into gender storm
A gender controversy has erupted at the Paris Olympics after an Italian boxer abandoned her bout against an opponent, who previously failed a gender test, and refused to shake hands.
- by Michael Chammas and Marta Pascual Juanola
‘I feel like a failure’: Australian boxer breaks down in confronting interview
Harry Garside’s ringside interview was so raw as to make viewers feel they’d been on the end of one of his opponent’s punches.
- by Chloe Saltau
Dropping Olympic boxing would be ‘a crime against humanity’
The future of boxing as an Olympic sport beyond Paris is still in doubt – a prospect that Australian boxers and medal hopes Harry Garside, Caitlin Parker and Teremoana Teremoana say they find “honestly terrifying”.
- by Konrad Marshall
Aussie boxing star turns Tokyo Olympic heartbreak into blistering pro career
Missing out on a medal at the 2021 Games left Skye Nicolson devastated. But she has channelled that pain into a professional world title.
- by Emma Kemp
How sporting royalty and Olympic pain put star on course for world glory
A fight with Paul Gallen ended his Olympic dream, but a taste of sporting royalty has world glory back in this Brisbane star’s sights.
- by Nick Wright
‘Dad is a soft guy now’: Inside the Tszyu family reunion
Tim Tszyu rarely speaks about his famous father, Kostya, or his upbringing. So it was a surprise to hear him call the old man a “soft guy” after a rare reunion.
- by Adrian Proszenko