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England boxer missed Worlds over sex-test mix-up

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England boxer missed Worlds over sex-test mix-up

A teenage English boxer says he was left "broken" after he was banned from competing at the Under-19 World Championships because his team forgot to organise a sex verification test to prove he is male. But Francis, from Loughton, Essex, says that he was informed he was ineligible only hours before the draw because of an "administrative oversight" by governing body England Boxing. "They got me in a room and told me that I couldn't box because they didn't know if I was a boy or a girl, basically," Francis told BBC Sport. "The explanation was that they couldn't provide a blood sample for me in time.

Everyone else was able to provide a blood sample, but they just forgot me. A multiple schoolboy and junior national champion, Francis said he had been training "non-stop" for the "dream" of representing England in his first World Championships. "I wouldn't wish it on anyone, to be honest. I was just broken.

They were speaking to me and I couldn't even really hear. I was devastated. I couldn't really talk. I literally couldn't feel anything.

नेपालीमा

लिङ्ग परीक्षणमा त्रुटिका कारण किशोर बक्सर यु-१९ विश्वकपबाट वञ्चित

फ्रान्सिस नामका एक बेलायती किशोर बक्सरले बताएअनुसार, इङ्गल्याण्ड बक्सिङले अनिवार्य लिङ्ग-परीक्षणको व्यवस्था गर्न नसक्दा उनलाई यु-१९ विश्व च्याम्पियनसिपबाट वञ्चित गरिएको छ, जसले उनलाई ड्र हुनु केही घण्टा अघि नै “टुटेको” महसुस गराएको छ। फ्रान्सिसले बताए कि अधिकारीहरूले उनलाई एउटा कोठामा राखेर उनी पुरुष हुन् कि महिला भन्ने कुरा थाहा नभएको भन्दै बक्सिङ खेल्न नदिने बताएका थिए, र यसलाई “प्रशासकीय त्रुटि” भन्दै रगतको नमूना लिन नसकिएको जनाएका थिए, जबकि अन्य प्रतिस्पर्धीहरूले आफ्नो नमूना बुझाएका थिए। एसेक्सस्थित स्कुलबॉय च्याम्पियनले आफ्नो पहिलो विश्व च्याम्पियनसिपका लागि प्रशिक्षण गरिरहेका थिए र यो निर्णयलाई आफ्नो जीवनको “सबैभन्दा खराब खबर” भन्दै वर्णन गरे, साथै यसले ओलम्पिकका लागि छनोट हुने उनको अवसर पनि समाप्त पारेको र अब यात्रा गर्नु चार दिन अघि मात्र १८ वर्ष पुगेपछि व्यावसायिक बन्ने योजना रहेको बताए। उनले भने कि इङ्गल्याण्ड बक्सिङले उनका बुबालाई सिधै सम्पर्क गरेको छैन, यद्यपि उसले एक विज्ञप्ति जारी गर्दै त्रुटि स्वीकार गरेको छ र आयोजकहरूसँग काम गरेको तथा प्रक्रियाहरूलाई बलियो बनाउने बताएको छ। सन् २०२५ मा, परीक्षणको समयसीमा छुटेपछि एक दर्जन महिला खेलाडीहरूलाई पनि प्रतिबन्ध लगाइएको थियो।

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