World Boxing, the international governing body for the sport of boxing, announced a new policy on Wednesday that introduces mandatory sex testing to ensure only females compete in the women's category.
The change came a year after the world watched Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting, two boxers who previously failed sex tests, win women's Olympic boxing gold medals in Paris.
The Khelif and Yu-ting's gold medal runs prompted global backlash and controversy amid rising concerns over males competing in women's sports. Now, World Boxing has introduced a policy that will effectively prevent similar incidents from occurring at future events.
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