IBA CEO bemoans 'moving goalposts' in Olympic boxing controversy

IBA CEO Chris Roberts felt disappointed for Italy's Angela Carini after her defeat to Algeria's Imane Khelif

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00:00The boxer has spent four years, from one Olympic cycle to another, you know, to meet a dream.

00:09One dream, of course, to win the World Championships, and another dream to win the

00:12Olympic Games, of course, has been taken away. They come to this tournament and

00:20it changes, you know, the goalposts change. I feel disappointed for the Italian boxer,

00:27because she's worked extremely hard. For us, for IBA, we weren't allowing this boxer to

00:32compete in our events, and that's what you see today, is an end-state result of

00:40ineligibility, as far as our constitution is concerned, but the IOC have allowed her to box.

00:47It's difficult for them, because all they want to do is box, of course, you know, as far as

00:51they're concerned, they're meeting an eligibility criteria set by the IOC. So, you know, for those

00:57two boxers, they just want to compete, but it's challenging, it's difficult, and

01:04what we see now is a result of that.