PARIS – In a unanimous decision, Algeria’s Imane Khelif defeated China’s Liu Yang Friday night at Roland Garros Stadium to win women’s Olympic under-66 kilogram boxing gold, a seemingly inevitable turn in the controversy that has shaken the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The issue is not, as IOC president Thomas Bach sought to depict it Friday – who is a woman?

Rather, it’s what rules does a sport seek to apply in deciding who gets to compete in the women’s category?

Those are two different things.