Boxers who failed gender tests at world championships cleared to compete at Olympics

• Duo from Algeria and Chinese Taipei to box this week
• Algerian Imane Khelif accused critics of ‘big conspiracy’

The International ­Olympic Committee has confirmed that two boxers who were disqualified from the world champion­ships last year for failing gender eligibility tests will be allowed to fight in Paris.

Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu‑ting of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) both start their Olympic campaigns this week: Khelif will meet the Italian Angela Carini in the 66kg ­cate­gory, and Yu-ting is expected to face an unnamed opponent in the 57kg cate­gory on Friday.