Algerian Boxer Is Eligible, Olympic Spokesman Says

The Algerian boxer was born female, was registered female, lived her life as a female, boxed as a female, has a female passport. This is not a transgender case. I know you’re not saying that, but there has been some confusion that somehow it’s a man fighting a woman. This is just not the case. This woman has competed for a very, very long time in women’s sport against many opponents, in fact, against Italian boxers in the last — twice in the last couple of years, I think. So, I think if you start working on all suspicions, then we end up very much heading towards a gender-testing regime, which is not good for anybody.