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Alan Abrahamson
Personal blog · 3wiresports.com/articlesculturebusiness
Alan Abrahamson writes 3 Wire Sports, a personal blog at 3wiresports.com about culture and business. Since 2024, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite Alan Abrahamson's 3 Wire Sports articles as reporting on lab test documents in the Imane Khelif boxing eligibility dispute. Commenters use them as sourcing for their own points.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Not just what's happening in and around the Olympic Movement and International Sports but what it all means.
Most-linked posts?
- /articles/2024/8/5/fa9lt6ypbwx5su3z20xxnfzgtao0gy2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-11-30
What Hacker News says?
There are several lines of evidence which point towards Khelif being male: - Karotype testing from two independent labs showing XY chromosomes, as reported by sports journalist Alan Abrahamson, who has seen the lab reports and covering letter that was received by the IOC from the IBA - he quotes from them in this article: https://www.3wiresports.com/articles/2024/8/5/fa9lt6ypbwx5su... - Georges Cazorla, who was in K…
Comment linking /articles/2024/8/5/fa9lt6ypbwx5su3z20xxnfzgtao0gy
on “Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs”Of course Algeria are going to deny it. But look: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2025/06/01/imane-khelif-m... https://www.3wiresports.com/articles/2025/6/1/xxyetyl1aewfij... https://lecorrespondant.net/docteur-suis%e2%80%91je-un-homme... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/imane-khelif-eindhoven-ne... The evidence indicates that Khelif is male, with male physiological advantage, and therefore should never have be…
Comment linking /articles/2025/6/1/xxyetyl1aewfij823hnfdrsbi1sqjm
on “Gem.coop”As I understand it, these are the major pieces of evidence: - Karotype testing of Khelif (and the other disqualified boxer, Lin) showing XY chromosomes, reported by sports journalist Alan Abrahamson who's seen the lab reports and covering letter that was received by the IOC from the IBA: https://www.3wiresports.com/articles/2024/8/5/fa9lt6ypbwx5su... - A member of Khelif's training team, Georges Cazorla, revealing i…
Comment linking /articles/2024/8/5/fa9lt6ypbwx5su3z20xxnfzgtao0gy
on “Ask HN: What were the best books you read this year?”Sports journalist Alan Abrahamson reports that he's personally seen the test results from the New Delhi lab where both boxers had their blood samples tested during the 2023 Women's World Boxing Championships: https://www.3wiresports.com/articles/2024/8/3/0d4ucn50bmvbnd... > 3 Wire Sports has seen the letter and the tests. > The documents shed new light on the controversy enveloping Khelif and, as well, Yu Ting Lin o…
Comment linking /articles/2024/8/3/0d4ucn50bmvbndhhqjohaneccoqueq
on “What do scientists tell us about boxing's gender row?”