He International Olympic Committee (IOC) boxing will not be included in the program of Los Angeles’ 2028 Olympic Games Without a “new” federation in which it can operate between now and then, the organization’s Sports Director said on Tuesday, Kit McConnell.
Therefore, one of the historic Olympic sports is in danger, boxing, which has been since its debut in Games of San Luis’1904 has always been part of the Olympic program except for the edition of Stockholm’1912.
The truth International Boxing Association (IBA)suspended by the IOC for numerous irregularities, “will in no way be involved if boxing is part of Los Angeles 2028,” the manager told a press conference after the IOC meeting. IOC Executive in Lausanne (Switzerland).
The one in Paris’2024 They will be the second consecutive Games where the boxing tournament and previous qualifications rest with the IOC, and not the international federation, because of its resistance to solving its problems with governance, funding and manipulation of arbitration. There won’t be a third time, McConnell said.
“If we don’t have a new boxing body to work with the IOC, we won’t be in a position to include boxing in the Los Angeles program,” he assured.
The IBA is headed by Russian Umar Kremlev, who called Olympic officials “sports prostitutes.”
Source: La Verdad
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