The Weeping Angel wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2024 8:57 pm
How about sporting fairness? One fo those voices that has been asking these questions has been Nicola Adams a woman who won a gold medal at London 2012 in Boxing. But I guess it's easier to ignore what she has to say and focus on JK Rowling instead.
Nicola Adams commented on this directly after the fight where the Italian entrant withdrew and her comments afterwards were mistranslated. Nicola Adams also wrongly claimed that Khelif had been born male, and gone through puberty as a male. She has not fought Khelif at any stage in her career, and has no scientific or professional background.
So it is easy to ignore what she said, because what she said was incorrect.
In terms of ‘sporting fairness’, Khelif has lost 9 times to other fighters. There have been no previous complaints raised by opponents concerning unfairness - including the ones she beat. Two of her previous opponents - Kellie Harrington and Amy Broadhurst - both spoke out after Adams did to say they had absolutely no problem with Khelif competing, and both had beat her soundly in their fights, winning 5-0. The former was at the Tokyo olympics, which Harrington went on to win gold at and whose women’s boxing was held under the *exact same rules* as this year’s contest.
There were zero complaints, news stories or concerns about fairness or unfair advantage raised at those games. Or indeed at any other event she has taken part in since the start of her career in 2018. The only ‘controversy’ around her is the questionable 2023 ban, handed down for questionable reasons from a corrupt organisation.