The International Olympic Committee has decided to leave boxing, one of the sports that has given the most medals to Colombian sport, out of the program for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
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The conflict between the IOC and the International Boxing Association (IBA) would be key in this decision, which has not yet been officially announced, but which would be a blow to Olympic history.
Boxing was included for the first time in the St. Louis Olympics in 1904, and had only been left out in Stockholm 2012.
For Colombia, the Olympic haul in boxing had been enormous, with one silver, won by Yuberjen Martínez in Rio 2016, and four bronzes, those of Alfonso Pérez and Clemente Rojas in 1972, Jorge Eliécer Julio in 1988 and Ingrit Valencia in 2016. .
Only two disciplines have given Colombia more medals than boxing: weightlifting (11, two golds, six silvers and three bronzes) and cycling, including BMX (8, two golds, two silvers and four bronzes). Athletics also contributed five medals, including Caterine Ibargüen’s gold.
The causes of the conflict between the IOC and the IBA
The fight between the two entities worsened in August, when the IBA filed a complaint against the IOC before the Swiss Competition Commission, accusing it of having a dominant position in making and promoting the Olympic Games.
The IOC hit back and asked national committees to exclude boxing federations that remained affiliated with the IBA.
This Monday, the Association sent a communication to its affiliated entities. ”In response to this situation, IBA invites all its federations to join its legal action against the IOC in Switzerland. “If we work together, we will have more options to end this pressure from the IOC and the national committees,” announced in the document.
The only way boxing could return to the Olympic program in Los Angeles 2028 is for a new international association to be created, something that already has the support of federations from countries such as the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Brazil, India and Australia, which were united into an entity called World Boxing.
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