Olympic boxing controversy: Twisted into knots, the IOC's answer to all questions — legitimate or otherwise — is ... 'just trust us'

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PARIS — At nearly the precise moment Sunday morning that boxer Lin Yu-ting won an unanimous decision to move to the semifinals, and assure a medal, in the women’s 57kg division at North Paris Arena, IOC spokesman Mark Adams opened a media briefing about 14 miles away in central city.

Adams would have, no doubt, liked to have discussed just about anything other than a women’s boxing firestorm.