No 'scientifically solid' way to tell men from women: International Olympic Committee President

Two XY-chromosome athletes participated in women's Olympic boxing during the Paris Olympics. International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach later told reporters no "scientifically solid" method for distinguishing men from women exists.

Discussing the 2028 Summer Olympics, a reporter asked Bach about resolving the controversy, The Daily Wire reported.

"I will not speculate, the position is very clear," Bach replied. He stressed that the Olympics "will not organize boxing in LA without a reliable partner."

Another reporter asked about whether the Olympics' "gender eligibility rules" regarded "DSD athletes" as having a competitive advantage.

Differences of sex development (DSD), previously called "intersex," is a rare disorder where, in some cases, an individual possesses the chromosomes of one sex but develops anatomically as the other sex. Algeria's Imane Khelif, who won gold in the welterweight division, has XY chromosomes but reportedly developed anatomically as a woman.

Bach interrupted the reporter's question: "Don't mix, please, this with DSD."

"The question is pretty clear, and again, all the science, nobody can tell you at this moment where there is an advantage or no advantage," Bach added.

"Will you commit to a review of your guidelines on this matter, given the controversy on this matter?" another reporter asked.

"We have said from the very beginning, if somebody is presenting us a scientifically solid system how to identify men and women, we are the first ones to do it," Bach replied.