“It is surprising that there is no specific, strict and consistent international standard, and that right in the Olympic Games, an event that symbolizes sporting equity, one can suspect, and more than suspect, an unequal and even potential which is risky competition for one of the contenders,” said Government Minister of the far right Giorgia Meloniknown for its conservative stances on family and sexuality.
After a while, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) announced that “it has been activated with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) so that the rights of all athletes are adapted to Olympic Charter and on health regulations”, in a brief statement.
Although neither the minister nor the CONI make explicit references, their statements come a day before the Italian Angela Carini facing the welterweight of the Olympic boxing tournament the Algerian Imane Khelif, who was excluded from the World Cup final due to his high testosterone levels, but entered the Games.
Roccella asserts that “in sports competitions, male and female athletes are always separated, based on an elementary standard of fairness in competition, as well as equal opportunity.”
“The presence of transsexual people in sports competitions implies, therefore, the need to define and guarantee strict, specific and clear entry requirements for an honest and balanced competition. Especially when it comes to sports that involve in hand-to-hand combat between athletes, a direct physical confrontation that can endanger and injure a person,” he added.
Source: La Verdad
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