Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting—two names that probably received more media attention than any others—at the Paris 2024 Olympics. On 31 July 2024, the International Boxing Association (IBA) made a public statement about their disqualification from the previous year’s Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi because they had failed “to meet the eligibility criteria for participating in the women’s competition” (International Boxing Association Citation2024). One day later, the International Olympic Committee defended the two athletes as “the victims of a sudden and arbitrary decision by the IBA […] disqualified without any due process” and confirmed their eligibility for the Paris 2024 Olympics (International Olympic Committee Citation2024).
“There is nothing new under the sun”.
