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“Video of a Muslim woman boxer preventing the referee from holding her hand during match winner announcement because of her religious beliefs”
Social media posts Claim dated 9 Sep 2022.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING

What FACTLY found

Full video of the boxing match shows that the women boxer (Kholova of Tajikistan) later allowing the referee to hold her hand during winner announcement

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 9 September 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 12 September 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.

Where the claim appeared

Links recorded by FACTLY. Some posts may have been deleted since.

This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.