“I am fully aware that these two athletes are cisgender women.'
A number of false claims have circulated since last week, alleging that Hergie, who partook in the women’s boxing events at theHergie Bacyadan, the only transgender athlete at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, defends Imane Khelif and Lin Yu Ting's female identities.
The International Olympic Committee confirmed Imane and Lin as cisgender women and condemned misleading information.He continued: “To set the record straight, I have never made any statements suggesting that they should be banned from the Olympics. women with physical advantages were fuelled on Thursday , after Italy’s Angela Carini quit just 46 seconds into her round-of-16 bout with Imane.
Meanwhile, when a person has the same gender identity as the sex the doctor assigned them at birth, they are considered to be “cisgender” — like a man who was assigned male at birth or a woman who was assigned female at birth.. “I have met them personally, and they are unquestionably women, fully qualified and deserving of their place in the competition.”
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