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The uproar surrounding Khelif, 25, had its roots at last year’s boxing world championships in India, where she and another boxer, Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan, were ruled ineligible to compete after they underwent unspecified blood tests. The International Boxing Association, which ran the tournament and disqualified the fighters, never fully explained its decisions, saying that Khelif and Lin “did not undergo a testosterone examination but were subject to a separate and recognized test.”

In a chaotic news conference on Monday, officials of the I.B.A. offered no documentation for their decision to suspend the two fighters. The organization is backed by the Russian energy giant Gazprom, which has led I.O.C. officials and others to suggest the boxing controversy was calculated to discredit the Paris Games after Russia was excluded from them because of its invasion of Ukraine.

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The IOC’s position is that “the gender and age of the athletes are based on their passport.”