In the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympic Olympic Games 2024, the 57kg weight, Lin Yu Ting (Taipei China) won against Svetlana Staneva (Bulgaria). This victory helped Lin Yu Ting make sure to have a medal at the Olympic Games, in the context of her constant criticism for gender.
After the match between Lin Yu Ting and Svetlana Staneva, Mr. Borislav Georgiev, the Boxing Bulgarian team coach answered the international media. He said: “I just want my boxer to fight women. I mean that women have sex chromosomes XX, not male chromosome.”
Lin Yu Ting and Imane Khelif (Algeria) are two boxers being suspected of real gender at the Paris Olympic Games 2024. A year ago, they were concluded by the International Boxing Association (IBA). Both must receive a ban on competitions in the tournament organized by IBA, but still attend the Olympic Games.
Sharing more about his speech, Mr. Borislav Georgiev added that this is a message that many female boxing boxes at the Paris Olympic Games want to say. However, they did not dare to publicize their identities because they were concerned that they could be punished by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as well as the host country.
IBA, the unit that once declared Lin Yu Ting and Imane Khelif as male, still reserved their decisions. In contrast, IOC resolutely defends the competition rights of the two boxers. Talking about this, coach Borislav Georgiev shared: “I am not a competent person to evaluate, but those who have a male sex chromosome should not play female boxing.”
Another problem that the Boxing Bulgaria team coach is the scoring work of the Arbitration at the Paris Olympic Games 2024. In the match between Lin Yu Ting and Svetlana Staneva, Taipei Chinese boxer won 3-2 in the first half, and 5-0 in the next 2 rounds. But according to coach Georgiev, his boxer would have won 5-0 in the first half.
“The referee stole our victory,” said coach Georgiev. The complete incorrect mark of the first half caused this coach and the boxer to adjust the wrong tactics, thereby receiving the final defeat. Svetlana Staneva after the match also imitated against BTC.