Boxing controversy - what we know and what we don't

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Taiwan 's Lin Yu-ting have been cleared to compete at the Paris 2024 Games .

The pair were disqualified from last year's World Championships after failing gender eligibility tests.

Khelf, 25 , is through to the quarter-finals of the women's 66kg category.

Lin , 28 , beat Uzbekistan 's Sitora Turdibekova in the 57kg category on Friday .

The International Boxing Association ( IBA ) has been a vocal critic of the IOC 's decision.

Algerian Khelif failed to meet the eligibility criteria for participating in the women's competition, as set and laid out in the IBA regulations.

IBA chief executive Chris Roberts said XY chromosomes were found in "both cases" The IOC has raised doubts over the accuracy of the tests.

The IBA was stripped of its status as boxing's world governing body in 2023 .

There is no suggestion that Khelif or Lin identify as transgender.

Some reports have taken the IBA statement that the boxers have XY chromosomes to speculate they might have differences of sexual development (DSD) like runner Caster Semenya .