In connection with the participation of two boxers, a dispute arose over the eligibility of the genders to participate in the games.

Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting and Algerian Imane Khelif were disqualified from the world championships last year by the International Boxing Federation after they reportedly failed aptitude tests for their gender.

However, the International Olympic Committee gave them permission to compete in women’s boxing at the Paris Games.

Similar claims were shared on Facebook here, here and here.

Olympic champion 2020 in Tokyo

A reverse image search on Google revealed that the photo matches a European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) image taken on August 1, 2021 at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan (archived link).

“Gold medalist Lijiao Gong of China during the medal ceremony in the women’s shot put during the athletics competitions of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, August 1, 2021,” the caption said.

Below you can see a screenshot comparison between the fake post (left) and the EPA image (right):

The same photo was published in several international reports on the controversy surrounding CCTV’s questions to the athlete, including in the Independent and the Korea Economic Daily (archived links here and here).

The photo also shows Gong holding up a gold medal from the Tokyo Olympics, which has a different design than the one from the Paris Olympics (archived links here and here).

Below you can see a comparison of her medal (left, enlarged by AFP) with the medal awarded at the Paris Games (right):

AFP has debunked other false claims related to the Paris Olympics here, here and here.