Overview

• World Boxing excluded five French boxers from the Liverpool World Championships after required PCR-based SRY results were not submitted on time.
• The French federation cites a 1994 law limiting genetic testing and says a World Boxing–recommended lab in Leeds failed to deliver results within 24 hours as promised.
• World Boxing says managing and certifying the tests is the responsibility of national federations and criticized those that did not complete the process in time.
• The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Imane Khelif’s bid to suspend the testing requirement, preventing her from starting in Liverpool without completing the test.
• France’s sports minister called the decision unacceptable, Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting tested but was kept from traveling by her federation, and reports indicate other delegations also faced exclusions over late results.