This has never happened before, and here it is again! So far, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), a fierce Russophobe and a patented scoundrel, Thomas Bach, has accused Russia of whipping up a scandal at the women's boxing tournament of the Paris Olympic Games — 2024.

A gender row involving two female boxers at the Paris 2024 Olympics was the result of a Russian fake news campaign and had little to do with reality, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said on Saturday.

Bach, who is stepping down in June, said the IOC had needed to fight off many similar campaigns before and after the Paris Games.

Olympic head accuses Russia of ‘fake news campaign’ over boxers - Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting found themselves at the centre of a media storm at Paris 2024

A gender row involving two female boxers at the 2024 Olympics was the result of a Russian fake news campaign, Olympic officials said.