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President Donald Trump speaks successful the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, successful Washington. (AP/PTI)
The International Boxing Association (IBA) has written an unfastened missive to United States president Donald Trump urging him to “look into” the sport’s omission from the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
“They (the IOC) person announced successful the past 12 months that boxing volition not beryllium portion of the Olympic programme for LA28; it would beryllium precise overmuch appreciated if your squad could look successful to this situation,” an unfastened missive from the IBA to the newly-elected president Donald Trump read. “We sincerely anticipation that boxing volition beryllium portion of the celebrations successful the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, and volition so go a large showcase of genuine emotion to the athletics from the American federation and fans worldwide.”
Trump’s 2nd stint arsenic US President volition witnesser Los Angeles hosting the 2028 Olympics.
The IBA besides took potshots astatine the IOC and the erstwhile hosts of the Olympics, Paris, for giving athletes medals that are presently having to beryllium replaced.
“It is disappointing to spot governmental agendas influencing sports, favoritism against athletes based connected their nationality, and mishandling of funds successful the Olympic movement. It is shameful that the lone reward athletes person for their countless hours of grooming and galore sacrifices are medals made of debased prime metals. This is evident by the information that galore athletes person returned their medals to the IOC aft the Paris 2024 Games.”
The International Boxing Association is pb by a Russian, Umar Kremlev.
As things stand, boxing is not portion of the LA 2028’s plans. However, a last determination connected its inclusion has not yet been made.
In the letter, IBA wrote that it appreciated Trump’s stance connected the “participation of ineligible athletes” successful boxing.
The information of 2 boxers successful Paris Olympics — Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting — became a monolithic flashpoint astatine the 2024 Paris Olympics. IBA had banned some boxers from the sport, but the IOC allowed them to compete. Both boxers won golden medals, starring to monolithic controversy.
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