kalief was born as and identifies as a woman. she was disqualified from the 2023 world boxing championships after the international boxing association determined she had elevated levels of testosterone. olympic organizers do not perform those same tests and defended khalifa's decision in the games. >> this involves real people, and we're talking about real people's lives here. they have competed and they continue to compete in the women's competition. they have lost and they have won against other women throughout over the years. and by the way, this isn't should make this absolutely clear for everyone. this is not a transgender issue. >> kareena, for her part, said she quit because of intense pain in her nose after the opening punches and that she was not making a political statement by refusing to fight. organizers are passing the ball when it comes to punishing the canadian women's soccer team after it was caught using drones to spy on opponents, the olympic committee says it's up to fifa, soccer's international governing body