ＩＯＣ会長、ロス五輪でのボクシング実施を条件付きで支持

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】国際オリンピック委員会（ＩＯＣ）のトーマス・バッハ会長は３日、ボクシングを２０２８年ロサンゼルス五輪でも実施すべきだと明言した。ただしそのためには、競技をめぐる状況を整理する必要があると話している。（写真は国際オリンピック委員会〈ＩＯＣ〉のトーマス・バッハ会長）
　開催中のパリ五輪では、昨年行われた女子世界選手権の性別テストで失格となった２選手が出場していることが論争を呼んでいる。
　問題をさらに複雑にしているのが、ボクシングのガバナンス構造で、ＩＯＣは国際ボクシング協会（ＩＢＡ）の運営に懸念があるとして、競技統括団体としての認可を取り下げ、現在はボクシングのプログラムを自分たちが管理している。
　パリ五輪の前半戦を振り返る記者会見で、パリで問題が起こった中でもロス五輪でボクシングを実施すべきかという質問に対して、バッハ会長は「間違いなくイエスだ」と返すと、「ボクシングは最もグローバルなスポーツの一つ。社会的な価値は高い」と話した。
　その一方で、新しい国際統括団体を見つける必要があるとも指摘し、「信頼できるパートナーがいる場合に限り、ロサンゼルス五輪でボクシングを行うことができる」とコメント。「つまり、各国ボクシング連盟が選択する必要がある。彼ら次第だ」と述べた。
　「もし彼らが、優れた評価とガバナンス、明確な反ドーピングの方針、財務の透明性を備えた国際団体の下、自国の選手にフェアな競争を行ってメダルを勝ち取ってもらいたいと思うなら、ＩＯＣのパートナーとしての国際連盟を見つけなくてはならない」 【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/08/05-17:03）

Olympic chief Thomas Bach said on Saturday boxing should be in the next Games in Los Angeles despite a furore over the gender of two women boxers in Paris -- but urged the sport to get its house in order fast.
Algerian Imane Khelif's bout with an Italian opponent that only lasted 46 seconds and Taiwanese fighter Lin Yu-ting's progress in Paris have sparked a row because both were disqualified from last year's world championships after failing eligibility tests. Khelif fights again on Saturday.
The issue has been complicated by boxing's governance structure -- the IOC seized control of the management of the programme from the International Boxing Association because of concerns about the way the body operated the sport.
In a press conference to review the first half of the Paris Games, International Olympic Committee president Bach was asked if boxing should still feature in the 2028 programme in Los Angeles given the problems raised in Paris.
Very clearly yes, Bach replied. Boxing is one of the most global sports. Boxing is a sport with high social values.
However, Bach stressed that boxing needed to find new international leadership.
First of all, we want boxing in the programme of the Olympic Games. This is the target. But boxing can only be in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles if we have a reliable partner, he said.
So now the national boxing federations, they have to make their choice. It's up to them.
If they want their athletes to win medals in Olympic Games in a fair competition, with an international federation with a good reputation, with good governance, with a clear anti-doping policy, with financial transparency, then they must find an international federation as a partner for the IOC.
It is in their hands.
Bach condemned the social media reaction to Khelif and Lin, with some including former US president Donald Trump framing the issue as men fighting against women.
Everybody in our world apparently feels obliged to say everything about everything without really considering the sometimes very complex circumstances, the German said.
Bach said anyone questioning the two boxers should come up with a scientific-based new definition of who is a woman and how can someone who is born, raised, competing and having a passport as a woman cannot be considered a woman.