Vegas Dave
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So in both cases, Lin Yu-Ting and Imane Khelif were born female and raised female.There are no lies on social media I call bullshit!
But seriously, someone explain to me why that person looks like a man to the reasonable eye? I'm trying to understand.
The gender test that the IBA used to DQ these two is classified, so we don't actually know how or why they failed. There are medical conditions like DSD (disorders of sex development) that can lead to biological women having Y chromosomes.
Both were cleared to compete in the Olympics by the IOC's standards. Whether or not they should be allowed to compete with these possible genetic abnormalities (we don't know the details of) is a fair question I don't have an answer for without more information. Point being though, this isn't the Olympics being "woke" and allowing two men who transitioned into women to compete, it's two women who have always been women and competed as women competing.
Also, Khelif is 37-9 with five KOs in her career and Lin Yu-Ting is 41-14 with one KO. This doesn't prove that possible genetic abnormalities don't help make them faster or stronger boxers, but it certainly discounts the idea that they have overwhelming man-like power.