What do we know - and don't know - about the Olympic boxing controversy?

As Ireland takes home what seems to be an ever-growing pile of medals, the Olympics has also been navigating a headline-grabbing controversy in the world of women's boxing. Two boxers were deemed ineligible to box at the World Boxing Championships last year are competing at the Games in Paris. On this week's episode, we're joined by sportswriter with The 42, Gavin Cooney, who is currently covering the Olympics from Paris and has been taking an extensive look at what exactly is going on.The Explainer is brought to you by The Journal. Providing open access to valuable journalism in Ireland has been the aim of The Journal for a decade. You can contribute to ensure we can keep questioning, investigating, debunking, explaining and informing at www.thejournal.ie/contribute/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.