Presenter Woods received death threats after Olympics boxing comment

TV presenter Laura Woods has revealed she received "numerous decease threats" online aft commenting connected an article astir nan eligibility of Olympic champion boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting.

They each won golden successful their respective weight divisions astatine Paris 2024 amid a heated nationalist statement complete whether they should beryllium eligible to compete successful nan women's division.

Khelif from Algeria and Lin from Chinese Taipei were disqualified from past year's World Championships aft reportedly failing gender eligibility tests.

Both won golden successful Paris aft being cleared to return portion by nan International Olympic Committee.

On Thursday, shot presenter Woods commented "great article" successful reply to a station by nan Telegraph's Oliver Brown,, external who had written connected nan subject.

Woods, who useful for TNT Sport and was portion of ITV Sport's sum of Euro 2024 successful Germany, said she had received dozens of hate-filled messages.

"Since I replied to this article I've had galore decease threats to myself and my unborn child," Woods posted connected X, external.

"Questions connected my ain gender (I'm pregnant truthful conjecture that clears that 1 up) calls for my employers to sack me, threats to my home.

"When location are discrepancies pinch trial results - which could effect nan information of different quality being, successful an situation that supra each other should beryllium adjacent - questions are rather rightly going to beryllium asked.

"The answers are still unclear, different this taxable would beryllium closed."

Khelif and Lin were disqualified by nan Russian-led International Boxing Association (IBA) during past year's World Championships.

The IBA said Khelif and Lin "failed to meet nan eligibility criteria for participating successful nan women's competition, arsenic group and laid retired successful nan IBA regulations".

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which ran nan boxing events astatine nan Olympics, allowed them to compete.

It raised doubts astir nan tests and powerfully criticised nan IBA, insisting Khelif and Lin were "born and raised arsenic women".

President Thomas Bach said past week that nan IOC "does not for illustration nan uncertainty" but suggested location is nary "scientifically coagulated system" to "identify men and women".

Khelif said she had been a victim of "bullying" and that nan IBA "hate maine and I really don’t cognize why".

Since winning Olympic gold, nan 25-year-old has filed a lawsuit complete alleged cyberbullying during nan Paris Games, which reportedly names writer JK Rowling and X proprietor Elon Musk.