'We'll clarify but Khelif is a woman' says IOC's Bach

(see related) (ANSA) - ROME, AUG 2 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach told ANSA on Friday that the IOC will clarify the situation after meeting Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni amid a future over Thursday's women's boxing match at Paris 2024 between Italy's Angela Carini and Imane Khelif, an Algerian who was disqualified from last year's world championships for failing gender-eligibility tests.
    But he also stressed the Khelif "is a woman".
    The IOC has used a different set of rules for admission to the Paris 2024 tournament than those for the women's boxing world championships.
    "It was a positive meeting, the Carini case was among the things we talked about," Bach said after the encounter with Meloni.
    "We agreed to stay in touch to 'welcome' the same scientific background and make the situation more understandable because she (Khelif, ed.) is a woman and she has been competing for six years at the international level.
    "We share the same views and agree on (the need to) clarify and improve the scientific background (criteria) we talked about".
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