Olympics chief calls unexpected press conference to defend Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting's participation in women's boxing as he insists they were 'born as women, raised as women and have female passports'
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MIKE KEEGAN: Thomas Bach has hit back in the boxing gender row that has engulfed the Games - declaring that both athletes at the centre of the storm meet 'the clear definition of a woman'.